rmosolgo/graphql-ruby-stream-defer-demo

GraphQL + Rails @defer / @stream

A demo of GraphQL subscriptions and "exploratory" @defer and @stream directives with Ruby on Rails.

This uses a WIP branch of graphql-ruby and graphql-streaming

Stream & Defer

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• Setup
  • install Ruby 2.2 or greater
  • $ gem install bundler (install Bundler, Ruby's package manager with)
  • $ bundle install (install this project's dependencies from Gemfile)
  • $ bundle exec rake db:create db:seed (setup the database and add seed data)
  • $ bundle exec rails server (start the development server)
  • $ open http://localhost:3000/ (visit the app)
• ActionCable transports
  • Send GraphQL with ActionCable, Rails 5's new websocket library
  • http://localhost:3000/action_cable_transport
  • Server: app/channels/graphql_channel.rb
  • Client: GraphQLChannel from graphql-streaming
• Transfer-Encoding: chunked transport
  • Return \n\n-delimited chunks over a streaming HTTP response
  • http://localhost:3000/chunked_transport
  • Server: app/controllers/chunked_graphqls_controller.rb
  • Client: StreamingGraphQLClient from graphql-streaming