nwthomas / graphql-article-server

The Express, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL server for Nathan Thomas' article

GRAPHQL ARTICLE SERVER

This is the set of starter files for Nathan Thomas' GraphQL Article. Note that this server does not satisfactorily run on initial clone. You will need to follow along in my article to flesh it out.

GETTING STARTED

• Fork or clone the repository

• Add a .env file. Copy over the contents of the .env.example file and then modify it with the following conditions:

  • Create a PORT variable with the port number you want to run your server on (the server will default to 8000 if you don't set anything)
  • Make sure to add the NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED='0' environment variable (you wouldn't want to use this for a real project, but we need it for how I'm having you set this database up fast)
  • Implement a database instance of PostgreSQL somewhere such as Supabase (details in article) and assign the URL for that cluster to DATABASE_URL in your .env file

• Install all full dependencies with yarn or npm install including:

  • cors
  • dotenv
  • helmet
  • faker
  • graphql
  • graphql-playground-middleware-express
  • knex
  • pg
  • nodemon
  • jest

• Migrate all tables to your PostgreSQL instance by using the command npx knex migrate:latest in the root directory

• Run all seeds to populate dummy data in the database by using the command npx knex seed:run in the root directory

• Run yarn server or npm run server to launch server