@foo-software/ghost-graphql-server

A GraphQL server for Ghost. This project exports an Apollo Server class with pre-defined options to provide querying of a Ghost blog API programmatically and exposes a CLI for command line usage. Below are features of this project.

• Included types for TypeScript support (this project is written in TypeScript as a matter of fact).
• Exports an Apollo Server class as a module supporting overriding options (to override the pre-populated options that resolve Ghost API endpoints).
• Exposes a CLI (with limited options).

Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Ghost Content API
  • Pagination and Filtering
• Programmatic Usage
  • createGhostGraphQLServer Options
• CLI Usage
  • CLI Options
• Docker Usage
• Environment Variables
• Schema

Quick Start

Getting up and running with a standalone is simple and can be done in three ways. Below are all the steps to get up and running.

• Determine the Ghost URL per the docs. You'll need to set this value as GHOST_URL environment variable.
• Create and retrieve your API key per the docs. You'll need to set this value as GHOST_API_KEY environment variable.
• Choose and follow instructions from one of the below three ways to run your server.
  • Programmatic
  • CLI
  • Docker

If you're looking to integrate with an existing, custom Apollo server - go to the custom integration guide

Ghost Content API

See the @foo-software/ghost-graphql package.

Pagination and Filtering

See the @foo-software/ghost-graphql package.

Programmatic Usage

It's important to note that some enviroment variables are required.

import { createGhostGraphQLServer } from '@foo-software/ghost-graphql-server';

const startServer = async () => {
  try {
    const server = createGhostGraphQLServer();
    await server.listen(port);
    console.log(`Ghost GraphQL server is running on port ${port} 🚀`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
};

startServer();

Or with options. You can use any options available to Apollo Server.

const server = createGhostGraphQLServer({
  onHealthCheck: () => {
    return Promise.resolve();
  },
});

createGhostGraphQLServer Options

You can use any options available to Apollo Server.

CLI Usage

Install the package globally.

npm install @foo-software/ghost-graphql-server -g

Run the server with required environment variables.

GHOST_API_KEY=$GHOST_API_KEY GHOST_URL=$GHOST_URL \
  ghost-graphql-server --port 4000

CLI Options

Name	Description	Type	Required	Default
port	The port for GraphQL server to run on.	number	no	4000

Docker Usage

docker run \
  -p 127.0.0.1:4000:4000/tcp \
  --env GHOST_API_KEY=$GHOST_API_KEY \
  --env GHOST_URL=$GHOST_URL \
  foosoftware/ghost-graphql-server:latest \
  ghost-graphql-server --port 4000

Environment Variables

See the @foo-software/ghost-graphql package.

Schema

The schema structure can be seen in schema.graphql of the @foo-software/ghost-graphql package.