graphql-config

What is graphql-config?

The graphql-config npm package provides a set of utilities to make it easier to configure and use GraphQL in your development environment. It allows for the centralization of GraphQL project configurations, making it simpler to share settings across different tools such as IDEs, GraphQL clients, and other utilities that work with GraphQL.

What are graphql-config's main functionalities?

Loading GraphQL Project Configuration

This feature allows you to load the GraphQL project configuration. The `loadConfig` function asynchronously loads the configuration from the default or specified configuration file.

const { loadConfig } = require('graphql-config');

async function main() {
  const config = await loadConfig();
  console.log(config);
}

main();

Getting Schema Information

This feature enables you to retrieve the GraphQL schema information from the configuration. It's useful for tools and applications that need to introspect the schema.

const { loadConfig } = require('graphql-config');

async function main() {
  const config = await loadConfig();
  const schema = await config.getDefault().getSchema();
  console.log(schema);
}

main();

Working with Endpoints

This feature allows for the management of GraphQL API endpoints within the configuration. It simplifies the process of switching between different environments or API versions.

const { loadConfig } = require('graphql-config');

async function main() {
  const config = await loadConfig();
  const endpoint = config.getDefault().endpoint('default');
  console.log(endpoint);
}

main();

Other packages similar to graphql-config

graphql-tools

graphql-tools is a package that provides a set of utilities for building and working with GraphQL schemas. It is similar to graphql-config in that it helps with GraphQL development, but it focuses more on schema creation, mocking, and stitching, rather than configuration management.

apollo-server

apollo-server is a community-driven, open-source GraphQL server. It's similar to graphql-config in the sense that it's used in GraphQL development environments. However, apollo-server focuses on building and running GraphQL servers, including features like schema definition, data fetching, and request handling, rather than on project configuration.

README

GraphQL Config - one configuration for all your GraphQL tools (supported by most tools, editors & IDEs). The easiest way to configure your development environment with your GraphQL Schema.

As a developer, you gain simplicity and a central place to setup libraries, tools and your IDE extensions.

As a library author GraphQL Config makes it easier to maintain the code responsible for handling configuration, loading GraphQL schemas or even files with GraphQL operations and fragments. GraphQL Config provides a set of useful methods and an easy-to-work-with API.

Example

schema: ./schema.json
documents: ./src/components/**/*.jsx

Installation and Usage

Visit our website graphql-config.com to learn more about the GraphQL Config.

Help & Community

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Contributions

Contributions, issues and feature requests are very welcome. If you are using this package and fixed a bug for yourself, please consider submitting a PR!

And if this is your first time contributing to this project, please do read our Contributor Workflow Guide before you get started off.

Code of Conduct

Help us keep GraphQL Config open and inclusive. Please read and follow our Code of Conduct as adopted from Contributor Covenant

License

MIT