tradoan/gql-with-django

GraphQL with Django

This project is build to try out GraphQL with Django using Docker and poetry.

Run projects

Create an .env file from .env.example:

cp .env.example .env

Note: You should apply your actual local UID and GID in the .env file. Figure them out on your machine by running the command id. You can change other credentials in this file as needed.

Start containers with the following command:

docker-compose up -d --build

Usage

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql/ to see GraphiQL view.

Populate initial data

docker exec gql-with-django_web_1 python manage.py loaddata blog

Example queries:

1. Example mutation:

# mutation
mutation addPost($input: PostInput!) {
  addPost(input: $input) {
    post {
      id
      title
      content
      author {
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

# query variables
{
  "input": {
    "title": "test_title",
    "content": "just a test content",
    "author": "1"
  }
}

2. Example query

# query
{
  allAuthors {
    name
    posts {
      title
    }
  }
}

Cleanup the entire setup

docker-compose down --volumes --remove-orphans