degraphql.md

title	keywords	description
degraphql	Apache APISIX API Gateway Plugin Degraphql	This document contains information about the Apache APISIX degraphql Plugin.

Description

The degraphql Plugin is used to support decoding RESTful API to GraphQL.

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	True	The GraphQL query sent to the upstream
operation_name	string	False	The name of the operation, is only required if multiple operations are present in the query.
variables	array	False	The variables used in the GraphQL query

Example usage

Start GraphQL server

We use docker to deploy a GraphQL server demo as the backend.

docker run -d --name grapql-demo -p 8080:8080 npalm/graphql-java-demo

After starting the server, the following endpoints are now available:

• http://localhost:8080/graphiql - GraphQL IDE - GrahphiQL
• http://localhost:8080/playground - GraphQL IDE - Prisma GraphQL Client
• http://localhost:8080/altair - GraphQL IDE - Altair GraphQL Client
• http://localhost:8080/ - A simple reacter
• ws://localhost:8080/subscriptions

Enabling the Plugin

Query list

If we have a GraphQL query like this:

query {
  persons {
    id
    name
  }
}

We can execute it on http://localhost:8080/playground, and get the data as below:

{
  "data": {
    "persons": [
      {
        "id": "7",
        "name": "Niek"
      },
      {
        "id": "8",
        "name": "Josh"
      },
      ......
    ]
  }
}

Now we can use RESTful API to query the same data that is proxy by APISIX.

First, we need to create a route in APISIX, and enable the degreaph plugin on the route, we need to define the GraphQL query in the plugin's config.

curl --location --request PUT 'http://localhost:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "uri": "/graphql",
    "upstream": {
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:8080": 1
        }
    },
    "plugins": {
        "degraphql": {
            "query": "{\n  persons {\n    id\n    name\n  }\n}\n"
        }
    }
}'

We convert the GraphQL query

{
  persons {
    id
    name
  }
}

to JSON string "{\n persons {\n id\n name\n }\n}\n", and put it in the plugin's configuration.

Then we can query the data by RESTful API:

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9080/graphql'

and get the result:

{
  "data": {
    "persons": [
      {
        "id": "7",
        "name": "Niek"
      },
      {
        "id": "8",
        "name": "Josh"
      },
      ......
    ]
  }
}

Query with variables

If we have a GraphQL query like this:

query($name: String!, $githubAccount: String!) {
  persons(filter: { name: $name, githubAccount: $githubAccount }) {
    id
    name
    blog
    githubAccount
    talks {
      id
      title
    }
  }
}

variables:
{
  "name": "Niek",
  "githubAccount": "npalm"
}

we can execute it on http://localhost:8080/playground, and get the data as below:

{
  "data": {
    "persons": [
      {
        "id": "7",
        "name": "Niek",
        "blog": "https://040code.github.io",
        "githubAccount": "npalm",
        "talks": [
          {
            "id": "19",
            "title": "GraphQL - The Next API Language"
          },
          {
            "id": "20",
            "title": "Immutable Infrastructure"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

We convert the GraphQL query to JSON string like "query($name: String!, $githubAccount: String!) {\n persons(filter: { name: $name, githubAccount: $githubAccount }) {\n id\n name\n blog\n githubAccount\n talks {\n id\n title\n }\n }\n}", so we create a route like this:

curl --location --request PUT 'http://localhost:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "uri": "/graphql",
    "upstream": {
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "nodes": {
            "127.0.0.1:8080": 1
        }
    },
    "plugins": {
        "degraphql": {
            "query": "query($name: String!, $githubAccount: String!) {\n  persons(filter: { name: $name, githubAccount: $githubAccount }) {\n    id\n    name\n    blog\n    githubAccount\n    talks {\n      id\n      title\n    }\n  }\n}",
            "variables": [
                "name",
                "githubAccount"
            ]
        }
    }
}'

We define the variables in the plugin's config, and the variables is an array, which contains the variables' name in the GraphQL query, so that we can pass the query variables by RESTful API.

Query the data by RESTful API that proxy by APISIX:

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9080/graphql' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "name": "Niek",
    "githubAccount": "npalm"
}'

and get the result:

{
  "data": {
    "persons": [
      {
        "id": "7",
        "name": "Niek",
        "blog": "https://040code.github.io",
        "githubAccount": "npalm",
        "talks": [
          {
            "id": "19",
            "title": "GraphQL - The Next API Language"
          },
          {
            "id": "20",
            "title": "Immutable Infrastructure"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

which is the same as the result of the GraphQL query.

It's also possible to get the same result via GET request:

curl 'http://localhost:9080/graphql?name=Niek&githubAccount=npalm'

{
  "data": {
    "persons": [
      {
        "id": "7",
        "name": "Niek",
        "blog": "https://040code.github.io",
        "githubAccount": "npalm",
        "talks": [
          {
            "id": "19",
            "title": "GraphQL - The Next API Language"
          },
          {
            "id": "20",
            "title": "Immutable Infrastructure"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

In the GET request, the variables are passed in the query string.

Disable Plugin

To disable the degraphql Plugin, you can delete the corresponding JSON configuration from the Plugin configuration. APISIX will automatically reload and you do not have to restart for this to take effect.

curl http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes/1  -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
  "methods": ["GET"],
  "uri": "/graphql",
  "plugins": {},
  "upstream": {
    "type": "roundrobin",
    "nodes": {
      "127.0.0.1:8080": 1
    }
  }
}'