Description

An example of a NestJS application that uses GraphQL with TypeORM.

Installation

$ npm install

Environment variables

mv .env.example .env
mv .env.example .env.test

First time setup

• Create a databases (for development and testing)
• Update POSTGRES_URL

Running the app

# watch mode
$ npm run start:dev

Running e2e tests

$ npm run test:e2e

Showcases

• Using code first approach to define GraphQL schema
• Reduce duplicated code and define everything at one place
• One mutation / query per file
• Field resolvers between entities

Sample queries / mutations

Open http://localhost:3000/graphql

Query recipes with user

query {
  recipes(skip: 10, limit: 10) {
    id
    title
    user {
      email
    }
  }
}

Query users with recipes

query {
  users(skip: 2, limit: 2) {
    id
    email
    recipes {
      title
    }
  }
}

Create a new user

mutation {
  createUser(createUserInput: {
    email: "brian@example.com",
    name: "Brian Nguyen"
  }) {
    id
    name
    email
    createdAt
    updatedAt
  }
}

Create a new recipe

mutation {
  createRecipe(createRecipeInput: {
    title: "Rep 01",
    ingredients: ["4", "5", "6"],
    description: "Wow! The second one",
    userId: "<<TAKE_USER_ID_FROM_PREV_STEP>>"
  }) {
    id
    title
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    description
  }
}