fullstack-apollo-express-mongodb-boilerplate

A full-fledged Apollo Server with Apollo Client starter project with React and Express. Read more about it in this tutorial to build it yourself.

Features of Client + Server

React (create-react-app) with Apollo Client
- Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions
Node.js with Express and Apollo Server
- cursor-based Pagination
MongoDB Database with Mongoose
- entities: users, messages
Authentication
- powered by JWT and local storage
- Sign Up, Sign In, Sign Out
Authorization
- protected endpoint (e.g. verify valid session)
- protected resolvers (e.g. e.g. session-based, role-based)
- protected routes (e.g. session-based, role-based)
performance optimizations
- example of using Facebook's dataloader
E2E testing

Installation

git clone git@github.com:the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-mongodb-boilerplate.git
cd fullstack-apollo-express-mongodb-boilerplate
touch .env
npm install
fill out .env file (see below)
npm start
start MongoDB
visit http://localhost:8000 for GraphQL playground

.env file

Since this boilerplate project is using MongoDB, you have to install it for your machine and get a database up and running. You find everything for the set up over here: Setup MongoDB with Mongoose in Express Tutorial [TODO: write setup tutorial]. After you have created a MongoDB database, you can fill out the environment variables in the server/.env file.

SECRET=asdlplplfwfwefwekwself.2342.dawasdq

DATABASE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/mydatabase

The SECRET is just a random string for your authentication. Keep all these information secure by adding the .env file to your .gitignore file. No third-party should have access to this information.

Testing

adjust test:run-server npm script with TEST_DATABASE_URL environment variable in package.json to match your testing database name
one terminal: npm run test:run-server
second terminal: npm run test:execute-test

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