Autobind models

codegen/config/config.go

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
+
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/internal/code"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser"
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Exec           PackageConfig              `yaml:"exec"`
 	Model          PackageConfig              `yaml:"model"`
 	Resolver       PackageConfig              `yaml:"resolver,omitempty"`
+	AutoBind       []string                   `yaml:"autobind"`
 	Models         TypeMap                    `yaml:"models,omitempty"`
 	StructTag      string                     `yaml:"struct_tag,omitempty"`
 	Directives     map[string]DirectiveConfig `yaml:"directives,omitempty"`
@@ -379,6 +382,31 @@ func (c *Config) normalize() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Config) Autobind(s *ast.Schema) error {
+	if len(c.AutoBind) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ps, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.LoadTypes}, c.AutoBind...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, t := range s.Types {
+		if c.Models.UserDefined(t.Name) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, p := range ps {
+			if t := p.Types.Scope().Lookup(t.Name); t != nil {
+				c.Models.Add(t.Name(), t.Pkg().Path()+"."+t.Name())
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Config) InjectBuiltins(s *ast.Schema) {
 	builtins := TypeMap{
 		"__Directive":         {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql/introspection.Directive"}},

codegen/data.go

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ func BuildData(cfg *config.Config) (*Data, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	err = cfg.Autobind(b.Schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	cfg.InjectBuiltins(b.Schema)
 
 	b.Binder, err = b.Config.NewBinder(b.Schema)

docs/content/config.md

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ resolver:
 # Optional, turns on binding to field names by tag provided
 struct_tag: json
 
+# Instead of listing out every model like below, you can automatically bind to any matching types
+# within the given path. EXPERIMENTAL in v0.9.1
+autobind:
+ - github.com/my/app/models
+
 # Tell gqlgen about any existing models you want to reuse for
 # graphql. These normally come from the db or a remote api.
 models:

example/starwars/.gqlgen.yml

@@ -3,15 +3,10 @@ exec:
 model:
   filename: models/generated.go
 
+autobind:
+  - github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models
+
 models:
-  Droid:
-    model: github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models.Droid
-  FriendsConnection:
-    model: github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models.FriendsConnection
-  Human:
-    model: github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models.Human
-  Review:
-    model: github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models.Review
   ReviewInput:
     model: github.com/99designs/gqlgen/example/starwars/models.Review
   Starship:

plugin/modelgen/models.go

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func (m *Plugin) MutateConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = cfg.Autobind(schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	cfg.InjectBuiltins(schema)
 
 	binder, err := cfg.NewBinder(schema)