BaseCMS Apollo GraphQL SSR Client for Express

Creates a per-request Apollo GraphQL client via Express middleware.

Installation

This package is dependent on the graphql library.

yarn add @parameter1/base-cms-express-apollo graphql@^14.0.0

Usage

To use, apply the middleware to your Express app (or router instance):

const express = require('express');
const { apolloClient } = require('@parameter1/base-cms-express-apollo');

const app = express();

app.use(apolloClient('http://your-base-cms-graphql-uri'));

// Apollo is now availabe on the req object, as well as res.locals
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const { apollo } = req;
  const query = '{ ping }';
  apollo.query({ query }).then(result => res.json(result));
});

app.listen(1234);