DRUPAL GRAPHQL
Philipp Melab (@pmelab)
Sebastian Siemssen (@thefubhy)
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http://graphql.org/swapi-graphql
Application Layer
Data Querying
Language
Schema
Type System
Arbitrary Code
Anatomy of a GraphQL Server
GraphQL
Your application code
Database
Internal APIs
Remote APIs
Schema definition
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Evolving the server–client relationship
Server publishes possibilities
Client specifies concrete data requirements
https://facebook.github.io/graphql
https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js
https://github.com/fubhy/graphql-drupal
GraphQL & Drupal
Database API
Entity API
Routing
Interface Translation
Contexts
Views
Field Formatters
Rules
Chopping off the head
"Decoupled"
Move the line in our favour
- Resolve Drupal paths
- Retrieve Contexts
- Rendered fields by default, enhance if necessary
- Entity references
- Images
- Raw data
- Create fields from views
- Create mutations from actions/rules
Database API
Entity API
Routing
Frontend Translation
Contexts
Views
Field Formatters
Rules
Re-attaching the head
DEMO TIME