apollo-server-restify

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title: Restify description: Setting up Apollo Server with Restify

This is the Restify integration of Apollo Server. Apollo Server is a community-maintained open-source Apollo Server that works with all Node.js HTTP server frameworks: Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa and Restify. Read the docs.

npm install apollo-server-restify

Usage

import restify from 'restify';
import { graphqlRestify, graphiqlRestify } from 'apollo-server-restify';
 
const PORT = 3000;
 
const server = restify.createServer({
  title: 'Apollo Server',
});
 
const graphQLOptions = { schema: myGraphQLSchema };
 
server.use(restify.plugins.bodyParser());
server.use(restify.plugins.queryParser());
 
server.post('/graphql', graphqlRestify(graphQLOptions));
server.get('/graphql', graphqlRestify(graphQLOptions));
 
server.get('/graphiql', graphiqlRestify({ endpointURL: '/graphql' }));
 
server.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Listening on ${PORT}`));

Principles

Apollo Server is built with the following principles in mind:

• By the community, for the community: Apollo Server's development is driven by the needs of developers
• Simplicity: by keeping things simple, Apollo Server is easier to use, easier to contribute to, and more secure
• Performance: Apollo Server is well-tested and production-ready - no modifications needed

Anyone is welcome to contribute to Apollo Server, just read CONTRIBUTING.md, take a look at the roadmap and make your first PR! Read the CHANGELOG.