README.md

Node/Express GraphQL Server

GraphQL server using node / express and written in ES6 (ES2015) and ES7 (ES2016)

Getting Started

npm i

create a file in the project root called .env and within it set environment variables NEO4J_USER and NEO4J_PASS. Note you can also edit database credentials in the file src/lib/db.js

example .env file

NODE_ENV=development
NEO4J_USER=neo4j
NEO4J_PASS=neo4j
DEBUG=api:*

to start, run:

npm start

To run tests:

npm test

Tests will use the database credentials in the file src/lib/db.js as I've not yet configured Mocha to use the dotenv .env file.

Stack

• GraphQL
  • graphql-js
  • express-graphql
• Express
• Neo4j
  • node-neo4j (^2.0.0-RC2)
• ES6/ES7
  • ES6 goodness
  • async/await
  • rest & spread operators
• Mocha
  • Mocha w/ chai, and chai-as-promised
• supertest
  • supertest-as-promised
• Babel (^6.3.0)
  • babel-preset-node5
  • babel-preset-stage-0
• ESLint
  • Uses Standard Style by default, but you're welcome to change this!
  • Includes separate test-specific .eslintrc to work with Mocha and Chai
• dotenv
  • used for loading environment variables

TODO

• Project structure is WIP
• Move GraphQL code into modules/models
• Add custom GraphQL scalar types