GraphQL + NodeJS + MongoDB Boilerplate 🐣

Dependencies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

• graphql-yoga
• mongoose
• config
• bcrypt
• jsonwebtoken

Install 🌬

First, clone the repo via git and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/shreejilucifer/graphql-boilerplate.git cool-app
cd cool-app
npm install

You can create a MongoDB database using Docker

  mkdir ~/data
  docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -v ~/data:/data/db mongo
  # Use Compass / Robo3T / mongo cli to create a new DB
  mongo localhost/mydb

Configure Database Credentials:

Change DBURL in config/default.json

{
  "DBURL": "mongodb://<dbuser>:<dbpassword>@<dbhost>/<dbname>"
}

Development 🏗

GraphQL Schema: src/schema/schema.graphql

MongoDB Models: src/db/models

  npm run start

Go to GraphQL Playground on your Browser 🌏

Development Flow:

• For Queries
  • Define Schema in schema.graphql
  • Add mongoose schema in db/models
  • Create Query function in resolvers/queries and import it to resolvers/index.js
• For Mutations
  • Define Schema in schema.graphql
  • Create Mutation function in resolvers/mutations and import it to resolvers/index.js

Author: Shreeji Pedhadiya 👨🏻‍💻