tsoisauce / rails-graphql-persisted-queries

Persist GraphQL queries to utilize HTTP caching.

Rails GraphQL Persisted Queries

Ruby on Rails project to demo HTTP caching strategies. Persisted queries allows Apollo Client to refernce cached queries with a hash. Apollo Client will attempt to make a query with a GET method before attempting a POST request for the data.

Note: master branch will not utalize active record to persist data. All data will be static for demostration purposes.

Installation

• Bundle install: bundle
• Webpack install: rails webpacker:install
• Yarn install: yarn
• GraphQL install: rails generate graphql:install

GraphiQL

Make sure the following is included in app/assets/config/manifest.js

//= link graphiql/rails/application.js
//= link graphiql/rails/application.css

Adding new Type Definitions with GraphQL Generator

rails g graphql:object <object-name>

This will generate Type Defition to describe the shape of your data in app/graphql/types/<object-name>_type.rb

Run Server

To start Rails server: rails s

visit localhost:3000/graphiql for GraphiQL visit localhost:3000 for React App