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Marc-Andre Giroux
March 15, 2016
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GraphQL on Rails
Introduction to GraphQl and how to use it in Rails.
Marc-Andre Giroux
March 15, 2016
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Transcript
GraphQL on Rails FROM REST TO GRAP HQL @ _
_XU O R IG _ _
@ _ _XU O R IG _ _
/product/1 product/1/photos/a product/1/photos/b product/1/variants
Way too many roundtrips!
/productview?include=variants&photo_count=2
/productview_thumbnail?include=price /productview_thumbnail?include=price&photo_size=small /productview_super_special_thumbnail_with_description?photo_size=100,1000 /an_endpoint_that_returns_a_bunch_of_things_that_i_need_for_a_particular_view
Better, but quickly becomes a nightmare.
Server Client product view v1 product model v1 update endpoints
create new endpoints product view v2 product view v3 product model v2 product model v3
GraphQL to the rescue
{ myShop { name } } Selection set Field
{ “myShop” { “name”: “GitHub” } } { myShop {
name } } Lexed Parsed Validated Executed
{ myShop { name } }
{ shop(id: 19423) { name } } { myShop {
name } }
{ myShop { name location { city address } }
}
{ “myShop” { “name”: “GitHub” “location”: { “city”: “San Francisco”
“address”: “88 Colin P Kelly Jr St” } } }
The Type System
{ myShop { name location { city address } products(orderby:
POPULARITY) { name price } } }
{ myShop { name location { city address } products(orderby:
POPULARITY) { name price } } } type QueryRoot { myShop: Shop shop(id: Int): Shop }
{ myShop { name location { city address } products(orderby:
POPULARITY) { name price } } } type Shop { name: String location: Address products(orderby: OrderEnum): [Product] } enum ProductOrderEnum { PRICE, POPULARITY, ALPHABETICAL }
{ myShop { name location { city address } products(orderby:
POPULARITY) { name price } } } type Address { city: String address: String }
{ myShop { name location { city address } products(orderby:
POPULARITY) { name price } } } type Product { name: String price: Int }
Server Client H ER E I S P RO DU
C T W I TH I D = 1 G ET P R OD U C T W IT H I D= 1
Server Client EX P O SES S C HE M
A O F AL L PO S SI B I L IT I ES ( T Y P E SYS T EM ) DATA R EQ UI R EM EN T S (G R AP H Q L LA N GUAG E )
Server Client O K H ER E’S EX AC T
LY T HE DATA YO U NEE D G I VE ME DATA O F T HAT PAR T IC U LA R S H AP E
Server Client product view v1 Product model v1 product view
v3 Product model v3 product view v2 Product model v2 Doesn’t care
One endpoint to rule them all
Web iOS App POS App Android App
Fragments
{ myShop { name location { city address } }
}
{ myShop { name …locationFragment } } fragment locationFragment on
Shop { location { city address } }
Mutations
{ createBlog(title: “my cool blog") { title } }
Introspection
None
IDE integration Static Validation Code Generation Auto Documentation
GraphQL on Rails
rails generate model Blog title:string content:string author_id:integer rails generate model
Author name:string class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :author end
GEM ‘GRAPHQL’
None
None
None
query allBlogs { blogs { title author { name }
} }
{ "data": { "blogs": [ { "title": "Intro to GraphQL",
"content": "Something something something. Blah blah blah. Etc etc etc.", "author": { "name": "Marc-Andre Giroux" } }, { "title": "Hello, it's me", "content": "I've been wondering", "author": { "name": "Marc-Andre Giroux" } }, { "title": "Hello, it's me", "content": "I've been wondering", "author": { "name": "Marc-Andre Giroux" } } ] } }
GraphiQL
MG I ROUX.M E G RAPH QL-SLACK .HE R OK
UA P P.COM/ Slack channel My blog graphql-ruby G IT HU B.COM /R MO SO LG O/ G R A P H Q L-R U BY Twitter @__ XUORI G__
Thank You :D