GitHub - graphql-java-kickstart/graphql-spring-boot: GraphQL and GraphiQL Spring Framework Boot Starters - Forked from oembedler/graphql-spring-boot due to inactivity. (original) (raw)
Warning
THIS REPOSITORY HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND IS NO LONGER BEING MAINTAINED
Since Spring now officially supports GraphQL we have decided to archive this project. We encourage you to start using Spring for GraphQL instead. If you're projects rely on this library and you really require an update and cannot migrate to Spring for GraphQL yet, then you should fork this repository and make the necessary changes on your own.
GraphQL Spring Boot Starters
Table of Contents
- Quick start
- Documentation
- Requirements and Downloads
- Enable GraphQL Servlet
- Enable Graph_i_QL
- Enable Altair
- Enable GraphQL Playground
- Enable GraphQL Voyager
- Supported GraphQL-Java Libraries
- Tracing and Metrics
- Contributions
- Licenses
Quick start
Using Gradle
Set the Kotlin version in your gradle.properties
Using Maven
Set the Kotlin version in your <properties>
section
Documentation
See our new Documentation.
Requirements and Downloads
Requirements:
- Java 1.8
- Spring Framework Boot > 2.x.x (web)
Gradle:
repositories { mavenCentral() }
dependencies { implementation 'com.graphql-java-kickstart:graphql-spring-boot-starter:14.0.0'
// testing facilities testImplementation 'com.graphql-java-kickstart:graphql-spring-boot-starter-test:14.0.0' }
Maven:
com.graphql-java-kickstart graphql-spring-boot-starter 14.0.0 com.graphql-java-kickstart graphql-spring-boot-starter-test 14.0.0 testSnapshots
osshr-snapshots osshr-sonatype-snapshots https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/For gradle:
repositories { maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" } }
Enable GraphQL Servlet
The servlet becomes accessible at /graphql
if graphql-spring-boot-starter
added as a dependency to a boot application and a GraphQLSchema
bean is present in the application. Check out the simple examplefor the bare minimum required.
A GraphQL schema can also be automatically created when a supported graphql-java schema libraryis found on the classpath.
See the graphql-java-servlet usage docsfor the avaiable endpoints exposed.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: servlet: # Sets if GraphQL servlet should be created and exposed. If not specified defaults to "true". enabled: true # Sets the path where GraphQL servlet will be exposed. If not specified defaults to "/graphql" mapping: /graphql cors-enabled: true cors: allowed-origins: http://some.domain.com allowed-methods: GET, HEAD, POST # if you want to @ExceptionHandler annotation for custom GraphQLErrors exception-handlers-enabled: true context-setting: PER_REQUEST_WITH_INSTRUMENTATION # Sets if asynchronous operations are supported for GraphQL requests. If not specified defaults to true. async-mode-enabled: true
By default a global CORS filter is enabled for /graphql/**
context. The corsEnabled
can be set to false
to disable it.
Enable Graph_i_QL
Graph_i_QL becomes accessible at the root /graphiql
if the graphql.graphiql.enabled
property is true.
Note that GraphQL server must be available at /graphql/*
context to be discovered by Graph_i_QL.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: graphiql: mapping: /graphiql endpoint: graphql: /graphql subscriptions: /subscriptions subscriptions: timeout: 30 reconnect: false basePath: / enabled: true pageTitle: GraphiQL cdn: enabled: false version: latest props: resources: query: query.graphql defaultQuery: defaultQuery.graphql variables: variables.json variables: editorTheme: "solarized light" headers: Authorization: "Bearer "
By default GraphiQL is served from within the package. This can be configured to be served from CDN instead, by setting the property graphiql.cdn.enabled
to true
.
You are able to set the GraphiQL props as well. The graphiql.props.variables
group can contain any of the props as defined at GraphiQL Usage. Since setting (large) queries in the properties like this isn't very readable, you can use the properties in the graphiql.props.resources
group to set the classpath resources that should be loaded.
Headers that are used when sending the GraphiQL queries can be set by defining them in the graphiql.headers
group.
Enable Altair
Altair becomes accessible at the root /altair
if the graphql.altair.enabled
property is true.
Note that GraphQL server must be available at /graphql/*
context to be discovered by Altair.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: altair: enabled: true mapping: /altair subscriptions: timeout: 30 reconnect: false static: base-path: / page-title: Altair cdn: enabled: false version: 4.0.2 options: endpoint-url: /graphql subscriptions-endpoint: /subscriptions initial-settings: theme: dracula initial-headers: Authorization: "Bearer " resources: initial-query: defaultQuery.graphql initial-variables: variables.graphql initial-pre-request-script: pre-request.graphql initial-post-request-script: post-request.graphql
By default Altair is served from within the package. This can be configured to be served from CDN instead, by setting the property graphql.altair.cdn.enabled
to true
.
You are able to set the Altair options as well using the graphql.altair.options
group. Since setting ( large) queries in the properties like this isn't very readable, you can use the properties in the graphql.altair.resources
group to set the classpath resources that should be loaded.
Enable GraphQL Playground
GraphQL Playground becomes accessible at root /playground
(or as configured in graphql.playground.mapping
) if the graphql.playground.enabled
property is true.
It uses an embedded GraphQL Playground React
, in accordance to the official guide, using the 'minimum HTML' approach.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: playground: mapping: /playground endpoint: /graphql subscriptionEndpoint: /subscriptions staticPath.base: my-playground-resources-folder enabled: true pageTitle: Playground cdn: enabled: false version: latest settings: editor.cursorShape: line editor.fontFamily: "'Source Code Pro', 'Consolas', 'Inconsolata', 'Droid Sans Mono', 'Monaco', monospace" editor.fontSize: 14 editor.reuseHeaders: true editor.theme: dark general.betaUpdates: false prettier.printWidth: 80 prettier.tabWidth: 2 prettier.useTabs: false request.credentials: omit schema.polling.enable: true schema.polling.endpointFilter: "localhost" schema.polling.interval: 2000 schema.disableComments: true tracing.hideTracingResponse: true headers: headerFor: AllTabs tabs: - name: Example Tab query: classpath:exampleQuery.graphql headers: SomeHeader: Some value variables: classpath:variables.json responses: - classpath:exampleResponse1.json - classpath:exampleResponse2.json
Basic settings
mapping
, endpoint
and subscriptionEndpoint
will default to /playground
, /graphql
and /subscriptions
, respectively. Note that these values may not be empty.
enabled
defaults to true
, and therefor Playground will be available by default if the dependency is added to a Spring Boot Web Application project.
pageTitle
defaults to Playground
.
headers
allows you to specify headers for the default tab. Note that if your are using Spring Security and CSRF is enabled CSRF, the CSRF token will be automatically added to the headers. These headers will also be added to all the tabs configured under the Tabs section. If a header is defined both in this 'global' header list and the header list of the individual tabs, the 'local' version will be used for that tab.
CDN
The currently bundled version is 1.7.20
, which is - as of writing this - the latest release of GraphQL Playground React
. The CDN option uses jsDelivr
CDN, if enabled. By default, it will load the latest available release. Available CDN versions can be found on the project'sjsDelivr page. The CDN option is disabled by default.
Custom static resources
You can also specify a custom local version of Playground by setting the base path for Playground
resources in the staticPath.base
property. Under this directory, you have to provide the following files:
static/css/index.css
static/js/middleware.js
favicon.png
logo.png
This is identical to the directory structure of the CDN under the build
subfolder (where these files can be found).
Customizing GraphQL Playground
Further GraphQL Playground settings can be specified under the settings
group, which are documented in the officialGraphQL Playground readme. Note that enum-like values are validated against the available options, and your application will not start if wrong settings are provided. Similarly there is some basic validation for integer values (they must be valid positive integers).
Tabs
Optionally, you can specify tabs that will be present when the user first opens GraphQL Playground. You can configure the query, variables, headers and even supply sample responses. Note that query
, variables
and responses
are expected to be resources of the appropriate format (GraphQL for query
, JSON for variables
and responses
).
Enable GraphQL Voyager
GraphQL Voyager becomes accessible at root /voyager
(or as configured in voyager.mapping
) if the graphql.voyager.enabled
property is true.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: voyager: enabled: true basePath: / mapping: /voyager endpoint: /graphql cdn: enabled: false version: latest pageTitle: Voyager displayOptions: skipRelay: true skipDeprecated: true rootType: Query sortByAlphabet: false showLeafFields: true hideRoot: false hideDocs: false hideSettings: false
GraphQL Voyager Basic settings
mapping
and endpoint
will default to /voyager
and /graphql
, respectively. Note that these values may not be empty.
enabled
defaults to true
, and therefor GraphQL Voyager will be available by default if the dependency is added to a Spring Boot Web Application project.
pageTitle
defaults to Voyager
.
All other properties default to the same as documented on the official GraphQL Voyager readme
GraphQL Voyager CDN
The currently bundled version is 1.0.0-rc31
, which is - as of writing this - the latest release of GraphQL Voyager. The CDN option uses jsDelivr
CDN, if enabled. By default, it will load the latest available release. Available CDN versions can be found on the project'sjsDelivr page. The CDN option is disabled by default.
Customizing GraphQL Voyager
Further GraphQL Voyager displayOptions
, hideDocs
and hideSettings
customizations can be configured, as documented in the officialGraphQL Voyager readme.
Supported GraphQL-Java Libraries
The following libraries have auto-configuration classes for creating a GraphQLSchema
.
GraphQL Java Tools
https://github.com/graphql-java-kickstart/graphql-java-tools
All GraphQLResolver
and GraphQLScalar
beans, along with a bean of type SchemaParserDictionary
(to provide all other classes), will be used to create a GraphQLSchema. Any files on the classpath named *.graphqls
will be used to provide the schema definition. See the Readme for more info.
Available Spring Boot configuration parameters (either application.yml
or application.properties
):
graphql: tools: schema-location-pattern: "**/*.graphqls" # Enable or disable the introspection query. Disabling it puts your server in contravention of the GraphQL # specification and expectations of most clients, so use this option with caution introspection-enabled: true
By default GraphQL tools uses the location pattern **/*.graphqls
to scan for GraphQL schemas on the classpath. Use the schemaLocationPattern
property to customize this pattern.
GraphQL Annotations
https://github.com/Enigmatis/graphql-java-annotations
To use GraphQL Annotations library instead of GraphQL Java Tools, set the graphql.schema-strategy
property to annotations
.
The schema will be built using the GraphQL Annotations library in a code-first approach - instead of writing it manually, the schema will be constructed based on the Java code. Please see the documentation of the GraphQL Annotations library for a detailed documentation of the available annotations. This readme focuses on how GraphQL Annotations - GraphQL Spring Boot Starter integration works.
Configuration
graphql:
annotations:
base-package: com.example.graphl.schema # required
always-prettify: true #true is the default value, no need to specify it
The most important parameter is the base package. The starter will look for schema-relevant classes in the specified package and its subpackages. always-prettify
will "prettify" getter/setter methods - the get/set/is prefix will be removed from GraphQL fields automatically.
Root resolvers, directives, type extensions
The root resolvers must be marked with the GraphQLQueryResolver
, GraphQLMutationResolver
and GraphQLSubscription
annotations (not to be confused with the marker interfaces from the GraphQL Java Tools library).
Important:
Unlike GraphQL Java Tools, GraphQL Annotations only supports one of them each. Furthermore, GraphQL Annotations only accepts a class as input, not an instance. It will either create a new instance of the class itself, or use static methods. This means that Spring dependency injection will not work in the usual way. The companion example project (which can be found in the samples repository) demonstrates possible workarounds for this issue.
GraphQLDirectiveDefinition
and GraphQLTypeExtension
-annotated classes are subject to the same limitation regarding dependency injection - but there can be any number of them.
Interfaces
Interfaces in the configured package having at least one of their methods marked as @GraphQLField
are considered a GraphQL interface, and their implementations are automatically added to the schema. Furthermore, you have to add the following annotation to GraphQL interfaces: @GraphQLTypeResolver(GraphQLInterfaceTypeResolver.class)
Custom scalars and type functions
Custom scalars can be defined in the same way as in the case of using GraphQL Java Tools - just define theGraphQLScalarType
beans.
The starter will also pick up TypeFunction
beans and pass them to the schema builder.
In these cases the actual beans will be used, not just the classes. Spring dependency injection works as usual.
Custom Relay and GraphQL Annotation Processor
It is possible to define a bean implementing Relay
and/or GraphQLAnnotations
. If present, these will be passed to the schema builder. Spring dependency injection works as usual. Note that GraphQL Annotations provides default implementation for these which should be sufficient is most cases.
Extended scalars
Extended scalars can be enabled by using thegraphql.extended-scalars
configuration property, e. g.:
graphql: extended-scalars: BigDecimal, Date
The available scalars are the following: BigDecimal
, BigInteger
, Byte
, Char
, Date
,DateTime
, JSON
, LocalTime
(since 13.0.0), Locale
, Long
, NegativeFloat
, NegativeInt
,NonNegativeFloat
, NonNegativeInt
, NonPositiveFloat
,NonPositiveInt
, Object
, PositiveFloat
,PositiveInt
, Short
, Time
, UUID
(since 13.0.0), Url
.
This setting works with both the GraphQL Java Tools and theGraphQL Annotations integration.
When using the GraphQL Java Tools integration, the scalars must also be declared in the GraphQL Schema:
scalar BigDecimal scalar Date
Aliased scalars
Requires version 13.0.0 or greater
The starter also supports aliased scalars. You can define aliases for any standard or extended scalar, as shown in the example below. Note that the original extended scalar (BigDecimal
) will not be available. You have to usegraphql.extended-scalars
property to declare it.
graphql: aliased-scalars: BigDecimal: Number, Decimal String: Text
When using the GraphQL Java Tools integration, the aliased scalars must also be declared in the GraphQL Schema:
scalar Number scalar Decimal scalar Text
Note: Custom scalar beans cannot be aliased this way. If you need to alias them, you have to manually declare the aliased scalar bean.
Tracing and Metrics
Apollo style tracing along with two levels of metrics based on them are currently configurable. Full tracing is based on the GraphQL java implementation, and can be enabled in the application.yml or application.properties file:
graphql: servlet: tracing-enabled: true
the default value is false, with "metrics-only" being available. Metrics-only does not add the tracing extension to the response.
Metrics utilize one of two forms of tracing to feed information to Micrometer. If tracing is enabled, or set to "metrics-only", full tracing metrics will be collected, otherwise a tracing implementation that does not collect field data will be injected. Metrics can be configured in the application.yml or application.properties to either true or false, with a default of false:
graphql: servlet: actuator-metrics: true
Usage
See Baeldung Spring Boot Actuators for the basics of using Actuator. Add spring-boot-starter-actuator
to your project as dependency.
The following metrics are available for exposure:
graphql.timer.query
graphql.websocket.sessions
- number of active websocket sessions for subscriptionsgraphql.websocket.subscriptions
- number of active subscriptions
FAQs
WARNING: NoClassDefFoundError when using GraphQL Java Tools > 5.4.x
If you're using graphql-java-tools
in combination with Spring Boot 2.1.x or below then you need to set thekotlin.version
in your Spring Boot project explicitly to version >= 1.3.70, because Spring Boot Starter parent of that Spring Boot version overrides it with a 1.2.* version of Kotlin.graphql-java-tools
requires 1.3.* however because of its coroutine support. If you don't override this version you will run into a NoClassDefFoundError
.
Spring Boot team has indicated the Kotlin version will be upgraded to 1.3 in Spring Boot 2.2.
Contributions
Contributions are welcome. Please respect the Code of Conduct.
Licenses
graphql-spring-boot-starter
is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.