Deploying a GraphQL API on Netlify serverless functions with apollo-server-lambda
Deploying with Netlify Functions
Deploy a fullstack Apollo app with Netlify
Now we will add a dependency package in the netlify function
cd functions/graphql_faunadb
npm init
npm install --save apollo-server-lambda graphql
add graphql_faunadb.js code
Note that the resolver is async so that we can use await the faunadb query
netlify dev
Note that there are three servers running on local host, Functions server is listening on port 52810, Gatsby server running on port 8000, and proxy server running at port 8888
GraphQL Playgroud
http://localhost:8888/.netlify/functions/graphql_faunadb
Now lets start building the client which will be same as in last steps code:
npm install @apollo/client --save
Demo of combining build-time Gatsby queries with client-side Apollo queries.
We will only use the client-side Apollo queries in this step
Open in the Browser:
Now lets publish the project on Netlify:
We have to change the URL in the src/apollo/client.js file
Create a netlify.toml file with publish directory public and build command
yarn build
Login to Netlify on Local Machine to start the publishing process (not required if you have already logged in in step 13):
netlify login
To publish on Netlify:
netlify deploy --prod
Notice that the tool has created .netlify directory in your project folder.
Now the site is published and you can copy the link given by the tool in the browser.
Add /.netlify in .gitignore before pushing to public repo
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cd my-hello-world-starter/ gatsby develop
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Open the source code and start editing!
Your site is now running at
http://localhost:8000
!Note: You'll also see a second link:
http://localhost:8000/___graphql
. This is a tool you can use to experiment with querying your data. Learn more about using this tool in the Gatsby tutorial.Open the
my-hello-world-starter
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βββ node_modules
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βββ .prettierrc
βββ gatsby-browser.js
βββ gatsby-config.js
βββ gatsby-node.js
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βββ LICENSE
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βββ README.md
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