laravel-graphql-server

This is a Laravel example repo for adding a GraphQL endpoint to your existing Laravel app, developed for https://www.modernjsforphpdevs.com/

Requirements

• PHP 7.1.3 or higher
• Node.js 6.0.0 or higher
• Docker
• and the usual Laravel application requirements.

Installation

Clone with submodules

$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:zorfling/laravel-graphql-server.git

Use docker to spin up nginx, mysql and the workspace image.

$ cd laradock
$ cp env-example .env
$ docker-compose up -d nginx mysql workspace

Enter the workspace image to run commands

$ docker-compose exec workspace bash

Install the composer dependencies:

root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# composer install

Then install the node dependencies:

root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# yarn

# OR

root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# npm install

Usage

Initialise Laravel

# in the workspace image
root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# cp .env.sample .env
root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# ./artisan key:generate

Run migrations and seed data

# in the workspace image
root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# ./artisan migrate
root@a99b46dd3004:/var/www# ./artisan db:seed

Navigate to http://localhost/graphiql to see the GraphiQL explorer.

Try out some queries:

Get the username, first name and last name of all users, as well as their friends' usernames.

{
  allPeople {
    username
    first_name
    last_name
    friends {
      username
    }
  }
}

Get the username of user id 1, along with the username, first name, last name and email of all his friends.

{
  person (id: 1) {
    username
    friends {
      username
      first_name
      last_name
      email
    }
  }
}