widdydev / serverless-graphql-appsync-rds

Example implementation of a GraphQL endpoint with AWS AppSync & RDS using the serverless framework.

Serverless GraphQL AppSync & RDS implementation

Introduction

I am a co-founder of getsby and I'm currently developing a GraphQL service for us. In our development process I encountered several difficulties concerning the serverless framework in combination with AWS AppSync & RDS. We finally got our service up running and therefore I want to share my achievements with the community.

Getting Started

This repository provides an example implementation of a GraphQL endpoint with AWS AppSync & RDS using the serverless framework.

Prerequisites

You'll need the following things to get started:

• A database with some sampledata (Use our db.sql for this example)
• Fill in the blanks in the serverless.yml file
• Grab yourself a cup of coffee

Installing

Install all the dependencies:

yarn install

Deployment

To deploy the service simply run the following command:

serverless deploy

Testing

Test your new deployed service in the AppSync console or connect a client to it.

Authors

• Lukas Wittich - getsbydev

Acknowledgments

• To accomplish our goal I carefully read the majority of the examples provided in the serverless/serverless-graphql repository and combined the gained knowledge in our implementation. I really appreciate the work you guys did there, thank you!
• If you have any questions or feedback feel free to contact me