graphql-mongoose-backend

GraphQL Backend Server with Mongoose Template

This is a starter template for setting up a simple node server using GraphQL to connect to your mongoDB.

For more details and documentation, visit https://graphql.org/

Setup/Prerequisites

1. Make sure you have Node/NPM
2. Make sure you have mongoDB instance set up and running, either locally or hosted somewhere
3. Create a .env file in root directory and write MONGO_DB_URI=<your db uri>. Alternatively, just update const db to point to your DB URI directly.
4. Run:

npm install

Start local server

npm start

Usage

Open in your browser:

localhost:4000/graphiql

This is your graphql playground, where you can try out graphql queries and mutations you've defined. The base template only includes a User data model.

To learn more, visit https://graphql.org/learn/

Libraries Used

This is the barebones setup to have a GraphQL backend set up with a NoSQL database, with some helpful tools.

• Node
• Express
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• GraphQL
• Babel - used for ES6 imports

License

MIT