Provides functions to help TypeScript GraphQL client development including auto completion, query validation, type generation and so on.
This plugin has the following features:
First, confirm that your project has TypeScript and graphql(v15.x.0 or later).
To install this plugin, execute the following:
npm install ts-graphql-plugin -D
And configure plugins
section in your tsconfig.json, for example:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"schema": "path-or-url-to-your-schema.graphql"
}
]
}
}
It's ready to go. Launch your TypeScript IDE.
$ npx ts-graphql-plugin <command> [options]
If you install this plugin, a short alias tsgql
is also available instead of ts-graphql-plugin
.
Available commands are typegen
, extract
, validate
and report
. If you want more detail, runts-graphql-plugin --help
orts-graphql-plugin <command> --help
in your console.
typegen
commandGenerate TypeScript types from GraphQL operations or fragments in your .ts source files. Here is an output example.
extract
commandExtracts GraphQL operations and fragments from ts files and writes them to manifest.json
.
validate
commandValidates your GraphQL operations and fragments in your ts files and report syntax or semantic errors.
report
commandExtracts GraphQL operations and fragments from ts files and report them to a Markdown file. Here is an output example.
Pass plugin options to your tsconfig.json to configure this plugin.
/* tsconfig.json */
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
/* plugin options */
"schema": "path-or-url-to-your-schema.graphql",
"exclude": ["__generated__"],
...
}
]
}
}
schema
It's a required parameter and should point your GraphQL schema SDL file such as :
type Author {
id: ID!
firstName: String
lastName: String
posts: [Post]
}
type Post {
id: ID!
title: String
author: Author
votes: Int
}
type Query {
posts: [Post]
author(id: ID!): Author
}
Also you can use GraphQL introspection query result data such as:
{
"__schema": {
"queryType": {
"name": "Query"
},
"types": [
{
"kind": "OBJECT",
"name": "Query",
"description": null,
"fields": [
{
"name": "viewer",
:
You can pass URL and custom HTTP headers. It's useful to use an existing GraphQL server like GitHub v4 API. For example:
"schema": {
"http": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/graphql",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_GITHUB_API_TOKEN"
}
}
},
If you need to use more complex logic like fetch bearer token using client secret then you can build your http schema configuration using javascript. First, you need to setup your plugin configuration like below:
"schema": {
"http": {
"fromScript": "my-graphql-config.js"
}
},
Your script have to return valid RequestSetup
or Promise<RequestSetup>
object:
url: string;
method?: string; // default to 'POST'
headers?: { [key: string]: string };
Example how configuration script may look like:
// my-graphql-config.js
module.exports = projectRootPath =>
new Promise(resolve => {
fetch('http://localhost/identity-server/connect/token', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
},
body: `client_secret=${process.env.MY_CLIENT_SECRET}`,
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(response => {
resolve({
url: 'http://localhost/graphql',
method: 'POST', // unnecessary, "POST" is default value
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${response.access_token}`,
},
});
});
});
The schema
option accepts the following type:
type SchemaConfig =
| string
| {
file: {
path: string;
};
}
| {
http: {
url: string;
method?: string;
headers?: { [key: string]: string };
};
}
| {
http: {
fromScript: string;
};
};
tag
It's optional and the default value is ["gql", "graphql"]
. This value is used to find template literal strings of GraphQL document in your sources.
For example:
/* tsconfig.json */
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"tag": "myGraphqlTag"
}
]
}
}
// Recognized as GraphQL document
const query1 = myGraphqlTag`
query AppQuery {
__typename
}
`;
// Function call expression is also available.
const query2 = myGraphqlTag(`
query AppQuery {
__typename
}
`);
// The followings are not recognized as GraphQL document:
const str3 = `<div></div>`;
const str4 = otherTagFn`foooo`;
const otherValue = otherFn(`foooo`);
The tag
option accepts the following type:
type TagConfig =
| undefined
| string
| string[]
| {
name?: string | string[];
ignoreFunctionCallExpression?: boolean;
};
[!NOTE] The
ignoreFunctionCallExpression
key exists only for backward compatibility with old versions. You don't need to explicitly use this.
exclude
It's optional. Specify an array of file or directory names when you want to exclude specific TypeScript sources from the plugin's analysis.
It's useful when other code generator copies your GraphQL document template strings.
/* tsconfig.json */
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"exclude": [
"src/gql", // Ignore source files under `gql` directory
"**/*.test.tsx" // Ignore test files
]
}
]
}
}
[!TIP] Wildcard characters,
*
,**
, and?
are available.[!NOTE] The plugin processes only TypeScript sources in your project by default. You don't need list default excluded files(e.g.
node_modules
).
enabledGlobalFragments
It's optional and the default value is true
. If enabled, the plugin automatically searches for and merges the dependent fragments for the target GraphQL operation in the TypeScript project.
/* Post.tsx */
import { graphql } from './gql';
const postFragment = graphql(`
fragment PostFragment on Post {
id
name
title
}
`);
/* App.tsx */
const appQuery = graphql(`
query AppQuery {
posts {
id
...PostFragment
}
}
`);
In the above example, note that ${postFragment}
is not in the appQuery
template string literal.
If this option is set true
, you can go to definition of the fragment from the location where the fragment is used as spread reference.
[!IMPORTANT] This option does not depend on whether the query and fragment are combined at runtime. Whether or not query and fragment are eventually combined depends on the build toolchain you are using. For example, graphql-codegen and Gatsby have a mechanism for referencing global fragments.
[!IMPORTANT] Fragments must be given a unique name if this option is enabled.
localSchemaExtensions
It's optional. If you want to extend server-side schema, derived from schema
option, you can set path of SDL file of your local extension.
For example:
# local-extension.graphql
directive @client on FIELD
type SomeClientOnlyType {
name: String!
}
extend type Query {
someLocalField: SomeClientOnlyType!
}
/* tsconfig.json */
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"schema": "base-schema.graphql",
"localSchemaExtensions": ["local-extension.graphql"]
}
]
}
}
The above example setting allows to write the following query:
const query = gql`
query {
someLocalField @client {
name
}
}
`;
typegen.addons
It's optional. You can extend CLI's typegen
command with this option.
For example, the following configuration loads my-addon.ts
, which is an Addon to map URL
custom GraphQL scalar field to TypeScript string type.
/* tsconfig.json */
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"schema": "schema.graphql",
"typegen": {
"addons": [
"./my-addon"
]
}
}
]
}
}
/* my-addon.ts */
import ts from 'typescript';
import { TypeGenAddonFactory } from 'ts-graphql-plguin';
const addonFactory: TypeGenAddonFactory = () => ({
customScalar({ scalarType }) {
if (scalarType.name === 'URL') {
return ts.factory.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.StringKeyword);
}
},
});
module.exports = addonFactory;
The addons
property accepts an array of strings. And each string should point Node.js module which implements TypeGenAddonFactory
interface. You can pass not only ".js" files but also ".ts" files.
If you learn how to create your Addon, see type generator customization guide for more details.
ts-graphql-plugin also provides built-in Addons. See also the Built-in Type Generator Addons section.
typed-query-document
This Addon requires graphql
v15.4.0 or later. To enable this feature, configure as the following:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"plugins": [
{
"name": "ts-graphql-plugin",
"tag": "gql",
"schema": "schema.graphql",
"typegen": {
"addons": [
"ts-graphql-plugin/addons/typed-query-document"
]
}
}
]
}
}
When enabled generated files export a type based on TypedQueryDocumentNode
from GraphQL. The type extends the standard DocumentNode
AST type but also includes types for result data and variables as type arguments.
To use this feature you can apply a type assertion to gql
template tag expressions that evaluate to a DocumentNode
value.
For example:
const query = gql`
query MyQuery($take: Int!) {
recipes(take: $take) {
id
title
}
}
` as import('./__generated__/my-query.ts').MyQueryDocument;
With that type assertion in place result data and variable types will automatically flow through any function that accepts the TypedQueryDocumentNode
type.
For example here is how you can write a wrapper for the useQuery
function from Apollo Client:
import { gql, QueryHookOptions, QueryResult, useQuery } from '@apollo/client';
import { TypedQueryDocumentNode } from 'graphql';
function useTypedQuery<ResponseData, Variables>(
query: TypedQueryDocumentNode<ResponseData, Variables>,
options: QueryHookOptions<ResponseData, Variables>,
): QueryResult<ResponseData, Variables> {
return useQuery(query, options);
}
// example usage
const { data } = useTypedQuery(query, { variables: { take: 100 } });
// ^ ^
// inferred type is `MyQuery` |
// |
// inferred type is `MyQueryVariables`
The result is that generated types are associated with queries at the point where the query is defined instead of at the points where the query is executed.
ts-graphql-plugin provides TypeScript custom transformer to static transform from query template strings to GraphQL AST. It's useful if you use https://github.com/apollographql/graphql-tag
/* webpack.config.js */
const TsGraphQLPlugin = require('ts-graphql-plugin/webpack');
const tsgqlPlugin = new TsGraphQLPlugin({
/* plugin options */
});
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.tsx?$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'ts-loader',
options: {
getCustomTransformers: () => ({
before: [
tsgqlPlugin.getTransformer({
/* transformer options */
}),
],
}),
},
},
],
},
plugins: [tsgqlPlugin],
};
[!NOTE] For now, this plugin transforms nothing when webpack's
--mode
option isdevelopment
and webpack runs with--watch
option.
tsconfigPath
optionalSet your project tsconfig json's file path. Default value: tsconfig.json
.
removeFragmentDefinitions
optionalDefault: true
. If set, the transformer transforms template strings which include only GraphQL fragment definitions to empty string literal.
For example, we finally does not need the GraphQL AST document of fragment
. We need interpolated GraphQL query AST for query
. So this transformer statically resolves ${fragment}
interpolation and removes right-hand-side of the fragment
variable.
const fragment = gql`
fragment MyFragment on Query {
hello
}
`;
const query = gql`
${fragment}
query MyQuery {
...MyFragment
}
`;
documentTransformers
optionalDefault: []
. You can set an array of GraphQL AST document visitor functions. The visitor functions should be compatible to https://graphql.org/graphql-js/language/#visit .
I've checked the operation with the following editors:
And the following editor have TypeScript plugin with LanguageService so they're compatible with this plugin:
To use TypeScript Language Service Plugin within VSCode, confirm your VSCode uses workspace version TypeScript.
/* .vscode/setting.json */
{
"typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
"typescript.enablePromptUseWorkspaceTsdk": true
}
See contribution guide.
This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.txt.