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GBlog

A backend implementation of a blog app where you can get realtime updates from story of a particular topic when someone publishes a new story.

User Guide

How to Setup

Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/supriyanta/GBlog.git

Change directry to the folder.

cd GBlog/

And run npm install to install the dependencies.

 npm install

Change the MongoDB url to user local mongodb database url in GBlog/keys.js.

example:

module.exports = {
    mongodbUrl: "mongodb://localhost/gblog"
}

How to Use

Start the mongodb server in your local machine

sudo service mongod start

Open the terminal and start the server

npm start

And open http://localhost:4000/graphql in a browser and the graphql playground will open up.


Mutation

addTopic:

A Topic should have the following parameters.

Params Type Description
name String Name of the Topic

In the playground type the following to create a topic...

addTopic

addStory:

A Story should have the following parameters.

Params Type Description
name String Name of the Story
description String Description of the Story
topicId ID id of the Topic under which the story will publish

In the playground type the following to create a story...

addStory


Query

topic:

To query a Topic, it should have the following parameters.

Params Type Description
id ID id of the Topic

In the playground type the following to query a topic...

topic

stories:

To query all the Stories of a particular Topic, it should have the following parameters.

Params Type Description
topicId ID id of the Topic

In the playground type the following to query the stories...

stories


Subscription

storyAdded:

To subscribe a Topic, it should have the following parameters.

Params Type Description
topicId ID id of the Topic

Open two browser window and type the following to subscribe a topic and get the realtime update when someone publish a story...

storyAdded