GraphQL Mesh API Gateway Questions

[coopbri]

Hello,

I was wondering if GraphQL Mesh offers the following features for a gateway configuration:

1. An option to use GraphQL Playground from Prisma, rather than GraphiQL: https://github.com/graphql/graphql-playground
2. An option to change not only the hostname or port for the gateway, but also the endpoint (e.g. http://localhost:4000/api instead of http://localhost:4000/graphql)

I looked through https://graphql-mesh.com/docs/recipes/as-gateway and https://github.com/Urigo/graphql-mesh/tree/master/packages/cli/src/commands/serve, but couldn't figure it out.

I am happy to make pull requests if these do not exist, just wanted to check first.

[ardatan]

Hi!
GraphQL Playground doesn't support new subscriptions websocket(graphql-ws) implementation and most of the new things like defer, stream, Subscriptions with SSE. Also you can see the notice in their repo, GraphQL Playground is being merged into GraphiQL project so GraphiQL that GraphQL Helix(server impl we use) provides out-of-box is easier choice for us instead of doing different workarounds needed for GraphQL Playground. But you can still use it by providing its middleware in serve config or installing their desktop app.
graphql/graphql-playground#1143
graphql/graphql-playground#1295

playground.js

const expressPlayground = require('graphql-playground-middleware-express');
module.exports = expressPlayground({
    endpoint: '/graphql',
  });

.meshrc.yml

serve:
  handlers:
     path: /playground
     method: GET
     handler: ./playground.js

For the custom graphql endpoint path, the new version is on the way :)

[coopbri]

Got it @ardatan! I see the news now on that repo, I can't believe I missed it (April 2020!). Thanks so much for your time. :)

[ardatan]

@graphql-mesh/[email protected] will be available in a few minutes with the following new configuration field

serve:
  endpoint: /someotherpath

[coopbri]

That's incredible, appreciate you letting me know and for your hard work on such an amazing project. I've been using Mesh in production for the past few months after watching a talk from Uri and it has become a vital tool for my workflow!

[cloudcompute]

@coopbri and @ardatan

I am looking for an alternative to Kong, Tyk, Krakend-like gateway. Is graphql-mesh (plus additional functionality implemented using Envoy plugins) the right choice? The flow should be like this:

Client apps ---> API Gateway (Graphql Mesh / its GraphQL server) ---> Microservices ?

[BabakScript]

Hi @ardatan is it still the best way and you still suggesting graphql-playground-middleware-express in 2024 ?

[ardatan]

If you want to use Prisma's playground, yes. We are not planning to provide a native option for this. The default GraphiQL is recommended for the gateway.