GraphQL-Fastify

This Fastify plugin uses graphql-js implementation.

Why this one?

A unique advantage of this plugin is that it gives you access to http request and response before executing graphql query, so that you can create a context for the resolver. If you are thinking of implementing any user authentication (eg jwt), then this is your bet (see graphQLOptions as function below).

Alternative implementations

• fastify-graphql is based on Apollo's graphql implementation
• apollo-fastify is not actively maintained

Installation

npm i graphql-fastify --save

Usage

Create /graphql endpoint like following

const graphqlFastify = require("graphql-fastify");

fastify.register(graphqlFastify, {
    prefix: "/graphql",
    graphQLOptions
});

graphQLOptions

graphQLOptions can be provided as an object or a function that returns graphql options

graphQLOptions: {
    schema: schema,
    rootValue: resolver
    contextValue?: context
}

If it is a function, you have access to http request and response. This allows you to do authentication and pass authentication scopes to graphql context. See the following pseudo-code

const graphQLOptions = function (request,reply) {
    const auth = decodeBearerToken(request.headers.Authorization);
    // auth may contain userId, scope permissions

    return  {
	     schema: schema,
		 rootValue: resolver,
	     contextValue: {auth}
     }
});

This way, context.auth is accessible to resolver functions (see signature below), allowing you to check user's scope/permissions before proceeding. For convenience, you may set fastify and/or db connection on context s

schema

You can build schema using graphql's buildschema method or programatically. See graphql-js for more info

var { graphql, buildSchema } = require("graphql");
var schema = buildSchema(`
    type Query {
        getUser(id:ID): User
    }
    type Mutation {
        updateUser (id:ID,name:String,age:Int): User
    }
    type User {
        id: ID,
        name: String,
        age: Int
        friends: [Friend]
    }
    type Friend{
        name: String
    }
`);

Example resolver

Following example shows how to (nested) query user and user's friends

class User {
    constructor(u) {
        this.name = u.name;
        this.id = u.id;
        this.age = u.age;
    }
    friends(user, args, context) {
	    // retrive user's friends by user.id
        return [{ name: "Sherlock" }];
    }
}
var resolver = {
    getUser: (args, context) => {
	    //retrieve user by args.id
        return new User({
            name: "Watson",
            id: args.id,
            age: 44
        });
    },
    updateUser: (args, context) => {
        return new User({
            id: args.id,
            name: args.name,
            age: args.age
        });
    }
};

Following is an example query and its response using above schema and resolver

GraphQL Query

{
  getUser(id:5) {
    id
    name
    age
    friends {
      name
    }
  }
}

Result

{
  "data": {
    "getUser": {
      "id": "5",
      "name": "Watson",
      "age": 44,
      "friends": [
        {
          "name": "Sherlock"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Licence

Licensed under MIT.