Squall

A type-safe sans-io GraphQL client generator for Gleam.

This project is in early development and may contain bugs/unsupported GraphQL queries.

What is Sans-IO?

Squall generates functions to build HTTP requests and parse HTTP responses, but doesn’t send them. You control the HTTP layer.

Benefits:

• Can be used on both erlang and javascript runtimes
• Use any HTTP client you want
• Easy to test without mocking
• Full control over retries, timeouts, logging

Installation

gleam add squall

Quick Start

1. Create a .gql file at src/my_app/graphql/get_user.gql:

query GetUser($id: ID!) {
  user(id: $id) {
    id
    name
    email
  }
}

2. Generate code:

gleam run -m squall generate https://api.example.com/graphql

3. Use it:

import squall
import my_app/graphql/get_user
import gleam/httpc

pub fn main() {
  // 1. Create client (just config)
  let client = squall.new("https://api.example.com/graphql", [])

  // 2. Build request (no I/O)
  let assert Ok(request) = get_user.get_user(client, "123")

  // 3. Send request (you control this)
  let assert Ok(response) = httpc.send(request)

  // 4. Parse response (no I/O)
  let assert Ok(data) = get_user.parse_get_user_response(response.body)

  // 5. Use the data
  io.debug(data.user)
}

How It Works

For each .gql file, Squall generates two functions:

// Builds HTTP request - no I/O
pub fn get_user(client: Client, id: String) -> Result(Request(String), String)

// Parses response - no I/O
pub fn parse_get_user_response(body: String) -> Result(GetUserResponse, String)

You send the request with your own HTTP client.

JavaScript Target

Same generated code works on JavaScript. Just use a different HTTP client:

import gleam/fetch
import gleam/javascript/promise

let client = squall.new("https://api.example.com/graphql", [])
let assert Ok(request) = get_user.get_user(client, "123")

fetch.send(request)
|> promise.try_await(fetch.read_text_body)
|> promise.map(fn(result) {
  case result {
    Ok(response) -> {
      let assert Ok(data) = get_user.parse_get_user_response(response.body)
      io.debug(data.user)
    }
    Error(_) -> io.println("Request failed")
  }
})

Type Mapping

CLI Commands

# Generate code
gleam run -m squall generate <endpoint>

# Example
gleam run -m squall generate https://rickandmortyapi.com/graphql

Examples

See the example/ directory for a complete working example.

Roadmap

• Directive handling (@include, @skip)
• Custom scalar type mapping
• Schema caching

License

Apache-2.0