GraphQL as Wrapper for existing REST API

The Node-GraphQL-module is wrapping an existing Node-REST-API module.

Installation

Both Node-GraphQL-module and Node-REST-API are using ES6.

To begin installation, go to directory of package.json each module.

1. cd to Node-GraphQL-module cd graphql-restwrapper then run npm install
2. move directory to Node-REST-API cd graphql-restwrapper/app-server and then again run npm install

Usage

1. Inside directory graphql-restwrapper/app-server run the node server using npm start
2. Open up new terminal and go to directory Node-GraphQL-module cd graphql-restwrapper then run npm start

After this operation, you have had two terminal opened running on port 5000 and 5001. Since The Node-GraphQL server running on localhost:5001, hit localhost:5001/graphiql to open Graphiql client.

GraphQL Request Example

{
  person(id: "1") {
    firstName
    lastName
    userName
    id
    friends {
      firstName
      lastName
    }
  }
}

here are the response

{
  "data": {
    "person": {
      "firstName": "Mark",
      "lastName": "Zuckerberg",
      "userName": "mark1",
      "id": "1",
      "friends": [
        {
          "firstName": "Sophia",
          "lastName": "Latchuba"
        },
        {
          "firstName": "Mark",
          "lastName": "Zuckerberg"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}