gql-types-generator

gql-types-generator

Package to generate types depending on GraphQL scheme, mutations and queries.

Install

npm install --save gql-types-generator

yarn add gql-types-generator

Usage

gql-types-generator provides 2 ways of generating types:

1. Command line interface;
2. TypeScript / JavaScript code.

Command line interface

After installation of package is done, gql-types-generator command becomes available.

Usage: gql-types-generator [options] <schema-globs>

Options:
  --operations <globs>       globs to find queries and mutations
  --remove-description       states if description should be removed
  --display <sort>           how to display compiled types. Valid values are "as-is" and "default". By default, generator compiles scalars first, then enums, interfaces, inputs, unions and then types. "as-is" places types as they are placed in schema
  --output-directory <path>  path to directory where typings will be saved
  -h, --help                 display help for command

When using CLI, each glob will be formatted as process.cwd() + glob. You can pass an array of globs using comma between them like src/schema1.graphql,src/schema2.graphql

Programmatic control

Library provides such functions as compile, compileSchema and compileOperations to generate types.

---

compile

List of available options

Name	Type	Description
outputDirectory	string	Full path to output directory
removeDescription	boolean?	Should library remove descriptions
display	DisplayType?	How to display compiled types. Valid values are "as-is" and "default". By default, generator compiles scalars first, then enums, interfaces, inputs, unions and then types. "as-is" places types as they are placed in schema
schemaPath	PathType	Defines paths to schema. Watch possible values for more
operationsPath	PathType?	Defines paths to operations. Watch possible values for more

Example

import {compile} from 'gql-types-generator';
import * as path from 'path';

compile({
  outputDirectory:  path.resolve(__dirname, 'compiled'),
  removeDescription: false,
  display: 'as-is',
  operationsPath: {
    glob: {
      cwd: process.cwd(),
      glob: 'gql/operations/*.graphql'
    }
  },
  schemaPath: {
    path: [
      path.resolve(__dirname, 'gql/schema/part1.graphql'),
      path.resolve(__dirname, 'gql/schema/part2.graphql'),
     ]
  },
  // Or pass schema glob
  schemaPath: {
    glob: {
      cwd: process.cwd(),
      glob: 'gql/schema/*.graphql'
    }
  },
  // Or pass schema definition directly
  schemaPath: {
    definition: 'type Query { ... }'
  }
});

---

compileSchema(schemaString, outputDirectory, includeDescription?, display?)

List of available options

Name	Type	Description
schemaString	string	Schema definition
outputDirectory	string	Full path to output directory
includeDescription	boolean?	Should library include descriptions
display	DisplayType?	How to display compiled types. Valid values are "as-is" and "default". By default, generator compiles scalars first, then enums, interfaces, inputs, unions and then types. "as-is" places types as they are placed in schema

Example

import {compileSchema} from 'gql-types-generator';
import * as path from 'path';

compileSchema(
  'type Query { ... }',
  path.resolve(__dirname, 'gql/compiled'),
  true,
  'default',
);

---

compileOperations(schemaString, outputDirectory, includeDescription?, display?)

List of available options

Name	Type	Description
operationsString	string	Operations definition
outputDirectory	string	Full path to output directory
schema	GraphQLSchema	Built GQL schema

Example

import {compileOperations} from 'gql-types-generator';
import * as path from 'path';

compileOperations(
  'query getUser() { ... } mutation register() { ... }',
  path.resolve(__dirname, 'gql/compiled'),
  // We can get this value via compileSchema
  gqlSchema,
);