GraphQL for .NET

This is an implementation of Facebook's GraphQL in .NET.

Now the specification is being developed by the GraphQL Foundation.

This project uses a lexer/parser originally written by Marek Magdziak and released with a MIT license. Thank you Marek!

Installation

WARNING: The latest stable version 2.4.0 has many known issues that have been fixed in 3.0.0-preview-XXXX versions. If errors occur, it is recommended that you first check the behavior on the latest available preview version before reporting a issue.

You can install the latest version via NuGet.

> dotnet add package GraphQL
> dotnet add package GraphQL -v 3.0.0-preview-1352

Or you can get the latest pre-release packages from the MyGet feed.

Documentation

http://graphql-dotnet.github.io

Examples

https://github.com/graphql-dotnet/examples

Training

API Development in .NET with GraphQL - Glenn Block demonstrates how to use the GraphQL .NET framework to build a fully functional GraphQL endpoint.
Building GraphQL APIs with ASP.NET Core by Roland Guijt

Upgrade Guides

Basic Usage

Define your schema with a top level query object then execute that query.

Fully-featured examples can be found here.

Hello World

var schema = Schema.For(@"
  type Query {
    hello: String
  }
");

var root = new { Hello = "Hello World!" };
var json = await schema.ExecuteAsync(_ =>
{
  _.Query = "{ hello }";
  _.Root = root;
});

Console.WriteLine(json);

Schema First Approach

This example uses the Graphql schema language. See the documentation for more examples and information.

public class Droid
{
  public string Id { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Query
{
  [GraphQLMetadata("droid")]
  public Droid GetDroid()
  {
    return new Droid { Id = "123", Name = "R2-D2" };
  }
}

var schema = Schema.For(@"
  type Droid {
    id: ID
    name: String
  }

  type Query {
    droid: Droid
  }
", _ => {
    _.Types.Include<Query>();
});

var json = await schema.ExecuteAsync(_ =>
{
  _.Query = "{ droid { id name } }";
});

Parameters

public class Droid
{
  public string Id { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Query
{
  private List<Droid> _droids = new List<Droid>
  {
    new Droid { Id = "123", Name = "R2-D2" }
  };

  [GraphQLMetadata("droid")]
  public Droid GetDroid(string id)
  {
    return _droids.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == id);
  }
}

var schema = Schema.For(@"
  type Droid {
    id: ID
    name: String
  }

  type Query {
    droid(id: ID): Droid
  }
", _ => {
    _.Types.Include<Query>();
});

var json = await schema.ExecuteAsync(_ =>
{
  _.Query = $"{{ droid(id: \"123\") {{ id name }} }}";
});

Roadmap

Grammar / AST

Grammar and AST for the GraphQL language should be compatible with the June 2018 specification.

Operation Execution

Validation

Schema Introspection

Publishing Nugets

yarn run setVersion 2.0.0
git commit/push
download nuget from AppVeyor
upload nuget package to github
publish nuget from MyGet

Running on OSX with mono

To run this project on OSX with mono you will need to add some configuration. Make sure mono is installed and add the following to your bash configuration:

export FrameworkPathOverride=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/mono/4.5/

See the following for more details:

carldai0106/graphql-dotnet