Getting started

Installation

Tensei has first class support for GraphQL. To get a fully featured and highly customisable GraphQL API, you need to install the @tensei/graphql package. It is shipped externally alongside the @tensei/rest package.

If you generated a Tensei project using create-tensei-app, this plugin might already be installed and ready to go in your application. Otherwise, you can install it using the following command:

yarn add @tensei/graphql

# Or using npm
npm install --save @tensei/graphql

Register GraphQL Plugin

Once installed, require the plugin and add it to the .plugins([]) array on the tensei instance:

import { tensei } from '@tensei/core'
import { graphql } from '@tensei/graphql'

export default tensei()
    .resources([...])
    .plugins([
        graphql().plugin()
    ])
    .start()

That's all you need. Configure some resources for your application, and start the node server. By default, the API should be available at /graphql.

Apollo Server Options

Behind the scenes, Tensei creates a new apollo server instance to serve your GraphQL API. You may pass additional configuration options to the Apollo server using the .configure() method on th e graphql plugin:

import { tensei } from '@tensei/core'
import { graphql } from '@tensei/graphql'

export default tensei()
    .plugins([
        graphql()
            .configure({
                playground: false
            })
            .plugin()
    ])
    .start()

Middleware options

By default, Apollo server express ships with some default express middleware such as cors and bodyparser. You may customize the options passed to Apollo to configure the express middleware using the .middlewareOptions() method:

import { tensei } from '@tensei/core'
import { graphql } from '@tensei/graphql'

export default tensei()
    .plugins([
        graphql()
            .middlewareOptions({
                path: '/api',
                disableHealthCheck: true
            })
            .plugin()
    ])
    .start()

Enable subscriptions

By default, subscriptions are not enabled. You may call the .subscriptions() method to enable subscriptions.

import { tensei } from '@tensei/core'
import { graphql } from '@tensei/graphql'

export default tensei()
    .plugins([
        graphql()
            .subscriptions()
            .plugin()
    ])
    .start()

In development, Apollo Server will use the default in-memory PubSub, and it is intended for demo purposes only. For production usage, you may pass a custom PubSub instance to the .subscriptions() method:

import { tensei } from '@tensei/core'
import { graphql } from '@tensei/graphql'
import { RedisPubSub } = require('graphql-redis-subscriptions')

export default tensei()
    .plugins([
        graphql()
            .subscriptions(new RedisPubSub())
            .plugin()
    ])
    .start()