apollo-server-env

What is apollo-server-env?

The apollo-server-env package provides a cross-platform way to interact with the environment and system resources in a Node.js server environment, specifically tailored for Apollo Server. It abstracts away differences between environments, such as local development environments and various production environments, making it easier to write isomorphic code that runs both on the server and the client.

What are apollo-server-env's main functionalities?

Fetch API

Provides a cross-platform Fetch API implementation for making network requests. This is useful for server-side data fetching and interacting with APIs.

import { fetch } from 'apollo-server-env';

fetch('https://example.com/data').then(response => response.json()).then(data => console.log(data));

URL and URLSearchParams

Offers a way to work with URLs and URL query strings, making it easier to manipulate and query URL parameters.

import { URL, URLSearchParams } from 'apollo-server-env';

const url = new URL('https://example.com?search=apollo');
const params = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
console.log(params.get('search'));

Headers

Provides a way to create and manage HTTP headers, which is useful for configuring requests and responses in network operations.

import { Headers } from 'apollo-server-env';

const headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
console.log(headers.get('Content-Type'));

Other packages similar to apollo-server-env

node-fetch

node-fetch is a lightweight module that brings window.fetch to Node.js. While apollo-server-env provides a fetch API among other utilities, node-fetch focuses solely on implementing the Fetch API in Node.js environments.

whatwg-url

whatwg-url is a package that implements the URL and URLSearchParams interfaces according to the WHATWG URL Standard. Unlike apollo-server-env, which includes URL handling as part of a broader set of functionalities, whatwg-url specializes in URL manipulation.

cross-fetch

cross-fetch is a cross-browser/cross-environment fetch API, which provides polyfill for the Fetch API for use in browsers, Node.js, and React Native. It offers similar functionality to the fetch part of apollo-server-env but is designed for a wider range of environments.

README

apollo-server-env

This package is used internally by Apollo Server and not meant to be consumed directly.

Its primary function is to provide polyfills (e.g. via core-js) for newer language features which might not be available in the underlying JavaScript Engine (i.e. more bare-bones V8 environments, older versions of Node.js, etc.).