Boilerplate Web Application project for setting up Prisma with an Apollo GraphQL server and an Express frontend web server.
Prisma is a database abstraction layer that provides a unified interface for access to different types of databases. It offers an easy-to-use API that can be used to query data from any connected database.
Apollo is a Node.js based server that provides a back end for the GraphQL application. It is used here to connect databases and create the framework for creating APIs and microservices.
Express is a Node.js web server. It provides a set of tools for building a front end web applications to interact with the application datastores via APIs.
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/JoNilsson/prisma-apollo-server-express.git
- Install dependencies
cd prisma-apollo-server-express
yarn
- Set up your database
Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your Prisma and database credentials
- Run Prisma to generate the Prisma client
yarn run prisma:generate
- Run the Apollo server
yarn start
The Apollo server is now running on http://localhost:4000.
Navigate to http://localhost:4444 in your browser to access the GraphQL playground.