Steps

• create project dir
• run: gql create prisma-tweets --boilerplate node-basic to bootstrap a prisma based graphql server
• configure datamodel.graphql

type Tweet {
  id: ID! @unique
  createdAt: DateTime!
  text: String!
  owner: User!
  location: Location!
}

type User {
  id: ID! @unique
  createdAt: DateTime!
  updatedAt: DateTime!
  handle: String! @unique
  name: String
  tweets: [Tweet!]!
}

type Location {
  latitude: Float!
  longitude: Float!
}

prisma deploy

• in this example use local

• run: prisma deploy, choose local. On running the install from first step, this will automatically run prisma deploy

• returns endpoints

  HTTP:  http://localhost:4466/prisma-tweets/dev
  WS:    ws://localhost:4466/prisma-tweets/dev

• every time we rerun prisma deploy prisma.graphql gets updated.

get the schema

• gql get-schema -p database -o schema.graphql

src/generated/prisma.graphql

• src/generated/prisma.graphql (Prisma schema): Defines the Prisma API with CRUD functionality for your database. This file is auto-generated based on your data model and should never be manually altered.

• Whenever you make changes to your data model, this file is (automatically) updated as well.

First resolver

• create a dir for resolvers mkdir src/resolvers/Query.js
• write your first query
• import the query into src/index.js

• run: prisma deploy and yarn dev to update graphql schema and open playground

schema.graphql

• make sure to import your types from generated prisma graphql file and use them in schema.grapqhl

TEMP_APP_SECRET

• see: https://www.howtographql.com/graphql-js/4-signup-and-login/

const TEMP_APP_SECRET = "mysecret123";

module.exports = {
  TEMP_APP_SECRET
};

using signup mutation

• output:
• mutation:

mutation {
  signup(
    email: "aarmand.inbox@gmail.com"
    password: "graphql"
    username: "idkjs"
    fullName: "Alain Armand"
  ) {
    token
    user {
      id
    }
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "signup": {
      "token":
        "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJjamQ1d3RucTcwMW82MDE4NXlmYmUzd3dzIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE3NTc0NzQ4fQ.i5rDF7omlnqtWYq6HQLPKwkLqWF6R_kG2OgHY-VNm_Q",
      "user": {
        "id": "cjd5wtnq701o60185yfbe3wws"
      }
    }
  }
}

using login mutation

• get header from response and use in variables section of playground
• mutation:

mutation {
  login(email: "aarmand.inbox@gmail.com", password: "graphql") {
    token
  }
}

• output:

{
  "data": {
    "login": {
      "token":
        "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJjamQ1d3RucTcwMW82MDE4NXlmYmUzd3dzIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE3NTc1MTE3fQ.a7CHdRbLOBOwbB1DvTpk-liUn8xKBjFRTPWS4hBcMT0"
    }
  }
}

• header

{
  "Authorization":
    "Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJjamQ1d3RucTcwMW82MDE4NXlmYmUzd3dzIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE3NTc1MTE3fQ.a7CHdRbLOBOwbB1DvTpk-liUn8xKBjFRTPWS4hBcMT0"
}

Using Feed Query to get tweets

• the feed query returns tweets posted on this server, not actually interacting with twitter

• query

{
  feed {
    tweets {
      id
      postedBy {
        username
      }
      body
    }
  }
}

• output:

{
  "data": {
    "feed": {
      "tweets": [
        {
          "id": "cjd5x6taj01sy0185djv9t6hu",
          "postedBy": {
            "username": "idkjs"
          },
          "body": "https://www.graphqlweekly.com"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

deploy with Now

• run: now --public

• see it here: prisma-tweets.now.sh