View Source Getting Started With GraphQL

Get familiar with Ash resources

If you haven't already, read the Ash Getting Started Guide. This assumes that you already have resources set up, and only gives you the steps to add AshGraphql to your resources/domains.

Bring in the ash_graphql dependency

def deps()
  [
    ...
    {:ash_graphql, "~> 1.0.0-rc.5"}
  ]
end

Add the domain Extension

Add the following to your domain module. If you don't have one, be sure to start with the Ash Getting Started Guide.

defmodule Helpdesk.Support do
  use Ash.Domain, extensions: [
    AshGraphql.Domain
  ]

  graphql do
    authorize? false # Defaults to `true`, use this to disable authorization for the entire domain (you probably only want this while prototyping)
  end

  ...
end

Add graphql to your resources

Some example queries/mutations are shown below. If no queries/mutations are added, nothing will show up in the GraphQL API, so be sure to set one up if you want to try it out.

defmodule Helpdesk.Support.Ticket. do
  use Ash.Resource,
    ...,
    extensions: [
      AshGraphql.Resource
    ]

  graphql do
    type :ticket

    queries do
      # Examples

      # create a field called `get_ticket` that uses the `read` read action to fetch a single ticke
      get :get_ticket, :read
      # create a field called `most_important_ticket` that uses the `most_important` read action to fetch a single record
      read_one :most_important_ticket, :most_important

      # create a field called `list_tickets` that uses the `read` read action to fetch a list of tickets
      list :list_tickets, :read
    end

    mutations do
      # Examples

      create :create_ticket, :create
      update :update_ticket, :update
      destroy :destroy_ticket, :destroy
    end
  end

  ...
end

Add AshGraphql to your schema

If you don't have an absinthe schema, you can create one just for ash.

in lib/helpdesk/schema.ex

defmodule Helpdesk.GraphqlSchema do
  use Absinthe.Schema

  use AshGraphql, domains: [Helpdesk.Support]

  # The query and mutation blocks is where you can add custom absinthe code
  query do
  end

  mutation do
  end
end

Connect your schema

Using Phoenix

You will simply want to add some code to your router, like so.

You will also likely want to set up the "playground" for trying things out.

pipeline :graphql do
  plug AshGraphql.Plug
end

scope "/" do
  pipe_through [:graphql]

  forward "/gql",
    Absinthe.Plug,
    schema: Module.concat(["Helpdesk.GraphqlSchema"])

  forward "/playground",
          Absinthe.Plug.GraphiQL,
          schema: Module.concat(["Helpdesk.GraphqlSchema"]),
          interface: :playground
end

Whats up with Module.concat/1?

This Module.concat/1 prevents a compile-time dependency from this router module to the schema module. It is an implementation detail of how forward/2 works that you end up with a compile-time dependency on the schema, but there is no need for this dependency, and that dependency can have drastic impacts on your compile times in certain scenarios.

If you started with mix new ... instead of mix phx.new ... and you want to still use phoenix, the fastest path that way is typically to just create a new phoenix application and copy your resources/config over.

Using Plug

If you are unfamiliar with how plug works, this guide will be helpful for understanding it. It also guides you through adding plug to your application.

Then you can use a Plug.Router and forward to your plugs similar to how it is done for phoenix:

plug AshGraphql.Plug

forward "/gql",
  to: Absinthe.Plug,
  init_opts: [schema: Module.concat(["Helpdesk.GraphqlSchema"])]

forward "/playground",
  to: Absinthe.Plug.GraphiQL,
  init_opts: [
    schema: Module.concat(["Helpdesk.GraphqlSchema"]),
    interface: :playground
  ]