mnr-graphql-client

Opinionated wrapper around apollo-client

You may not need it!

This is a custom, highly opinionated solution aimed at code reuse for a few private projects. You'd be better off using Apollo Client directly.

Installation

$ npm install --save mnr-graphql-client

Usage example

const createGraphQLClient = require('mnr-graphql-client');
 
const graphQLClient = createGraphQLClient('https://my-graphql-server.com/graphql');
 
// This is an Express endpoint handler
async function handleRequest (req, res, next) {
  try {
    const query = buildQuerySomehow();
    const variables1 = { var: 'foo' };
 
    const data1 = await graphQLClient.query({ query, variables: variables1 }, req);
 
    const mutation = buildQuerySomehow();
    const variables2 = { var: 'bar' };
 
    const data2 = await graphQLClient.mutate({ mutation, variables: variables2 }, req);
  } catch (err) {
    if (err.name === 'ServiceUnavailable') {
      res.status(503).end();
      return;
    }
 
    next(err);
  }
}

API Reference

createGraphQLClient(uri)

• {String} uri URI of the GraphQL server.

• Returns {Object} graphQLClient.

Creates a client object which exposes methods for querying GraphQL server.

graphQLClient.query(requestOptions, req)

• {Object} requestOptions Options to pass in Apollo's original query method.

• {Object} req Express' Request object.

• Returns {Promise<Object>} Full original Apollo's response object.

• Throws {ServiceUnavailable}, BadGraphQLRequest, UnexpectedError.

Alias for Apollo's original query method.

graphQLClient.mutate(requestOptions, req)

• {Object} requestOptions Options to pass in Apollo's original mutate method.

• {Object} req Express' Request object.

• Returns {Promise<Object>} Full original Apollo's response object.

• Throws {ServiceUnavailable}, BadGraphQLRequest, UnexpectedError.

Alias for Apollo's original mutate method.