oc-graphql-client

NOTICE!

• The current released version (3.*) does not use the Apollo client due to memory consumption issues.
• The client does not expose a querybuilder, instead just use a raw string as the examples does.

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A OpenComponents plugin that expose the a graphql client for interacting with a GraphQL based server.

Requirements:

• OC Registry
• GraphQL Server
• Node >= v6

Install

yarn add oc-graphql-client

Registry setup

More info about integrating OC plugins: here

...
var registry = new oc.registry(configuration);
 
registry.register({
  name: 'graphqlClient',
  register: require('oc-graphql-client'),
  options: {
    serverUrl: 'http://graphql-server.hosts.com'
  }
}, function(err){
  if(err){
    console.log('plugin initialisation failed:', err);
  } else {
    console.log('graphql client now available');
  }
});
 
...
 
registry.start(callback);

Register API

parameter	type	mandatory	description
serverUrl	string	yes	The Url for the GraphQL server

Usage

Example for a components' server.js:

 
module.exports.data = function(context, callback){
  const query = `
  query restaurantInfo($id: Int!) {
      restaurant(id: $id) {
        name
    }
  }`;
 
  const headers = {
    'accept-language': 'en-US, en'
  };
 
  context.plugins.graphql.query({ query, variables: { id: 4 } }, headers, timeout)
    .then(res => { ... })
    .catch(err => { ... })

API

parameter	type	mandatory	description
options	object	yes	A composite of the query & variables to pass to GraphQL server
headers	object	no	The headers to pass down to unerlying services
timeout	int	no	The timeout in ms. It defaults to OS default

Contributing

PR's are welcome!

License

MIT