Network error: Only absolute URLs are supported on branch 'browser-apollo-client"

[gmanfredi]

Loving this stack. I find branch browser-apollo-client more simple (as in KISS) than using Sapper's server routes in master, and less boilerplate than svelte-apollo. Is there a compelling reason to use server-routes method? Below error is with browser-apollo-client.

The error I found in browser-apollo-client is that when you run it either with docker-compose up -a or with the development method, the Reviews & Categories page queries all fail with the similar error:

Network error: Only absolute URLs are supported

Error: Network error: Only absolute URLs are supported
    at new ApolloError (/home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:2370:28)
    at /home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:3552:40
    at /home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:3864:25
    at Set.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:3862:32
    at Map.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at QueryManager.broadcastQueries (/home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:3860:22)
    at /home/gary/development/sand-stack-starter/ui/__sapper__/dev/server/server.js:3466:47

[knuspertante]

@gmanfredi this should be the same error:

apollographql/apollo-link#1282

[vanbenj]

I need to update this project - it's quite out of date.

I have another private project that is based on this repo where I've updated a number of things and all these issue are resolved. I'll take some time over the next couple of days and update it.

[vanbenj]

I choose to base my applications on the browser-apollo-client branch. The server route style used in the master branch can be exported but that's really immaterial once if you need to add authentication as was my use case. I haven't had much success getting the browser-apollo-client approach to export but that's not needed for most sites.

[panicst8]

Looking forward to your updated repo. as I had looked at around 10 other repos and yours is the first to work correctly .. Though I get a 500 error when clicking on categories ... but the Reviews tab works so I was able to configure my own setup, but again can't wait to see your updates to repo. :-)

[vanbenj]

I've made some major changes and greatly cleaned things up. The bugs you described should be fixed. I also added proper tests and CI. I got the Sapper Export working with the Apollo client approach and replaced the master branch with the browser-apollo-client branch.

The README explains some of the nuances around the apollo.js. I replaced the graphql url's with two environment variables, one for the client and one for SSR. Both point to the same server but one is public facing and one is the internal address.

[vanbenj]

Also no longer doing the reverse proxy as it is not really needed. In practice I find we've put a load balancer in front of things.