Upload a file with Apollo

[TomasMoskala]

Hi,
how do I write a resolver to upload a file and how to use it with Apollo client-server?

import { GraphQLUpload } from 'graphql-upload'
export const Upload = GraphQLUpload

What next?
Thank you.

[shreyas44]

@TomasMoskala You can find a ton of resources online regarding file uploads to GraphQL APIs. You can probably start with the apollo documentation and the graphql-upload docs which you seem to want to use. You could also use apollo-server-express, pass the request as part of the resolver context and you can interpret the request like you would a regular express request and get the file and upload it.

However, that being said I would advise against adding file upload to your GraphQL API in a production application for the main reason being that it adds a huge amount of load to the GraphQL server which needs to be super fast and responsive as most of your application would depend on it.

[TomasMoskala]

Hi,
I have the same mindset, I decided to start a new server just for photos and use a simple php upload script leaving apollo just the DB jobs. I will also be able to use any third party for the storage if needed in future.