agdolla / graphql-app-example

A complete example how to setup a Rust GraphQL web server

Rust GraphQL example app

This project provides a complete example how to setup a Rust GraphQL web server using the following libraries:

• Rocket (web server)
• Diesel (database)
• Juniper (graphql)
• juniper-from-schema (graphql code generation)
• juniper-eager-loading (eager loading to avoid N+1 query bugs)

Running the app

Create the (postgres) database and run migrations by running bin/setup. We create both a development and test database.

Then compile and run the app

$ cargo run

Then go to http://localhost:8000/graphiql.

Or run the tests with

$ cargo test

Note

This is by no means meant to demonstrate the best practices for making a web app with Rocket. Several important topics such as authentication and error handling is not addressed. It is meant to be used as a template for starting new apps.