graphql-mongodb-backend-example

This is a basic backend boilerplate for setting up a graphql server with mongodb and express.

installation

npm install

npm start

GraphQL

go to http://localhost:8080/graphql to work with the graphqil to make queries from schema.js root query is:

export var Schema = new GraphQLSchema({
  query: QueryType,
});

QueryType has these fields that can be queried on: in types/query.js

• node
• users : retrieves all users
• user(id) : retrieves user by id
• posts : retrieves all posts
• post(id) : retrieves post by id
• comments : retrieves all comments
• comment(id) : retrieves all comments by id

graphiql queries look like this:

Database

Models

• user
• post
• comment

Example schema in [model].js

import mongoose from 'mongoose';

let newModelSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  _id: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
    default: mongoose.Types.ObjectId,
  content: {
    type: String,
  },
  createdAt: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now,
  },
  //add in field for graphql type
  type: {
    type: String,
  }
})

export default mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);