Google Cloud Functions + NodeJS + Apollo

This is a GraphQL backend boilerplate in nodejs that can be deployed on Google Cloud Functions.

Stack

node 8.10

Google Cloud Functions

Frameworks/Libraries

Apollo Server (GraphQL framework)

Schema

type Query {
  hello:  String
}

Local Development

The sample source code is present in index.js.

$ git clone [email protected]:hasura/graphql-engine
$ cd graphql-engine/community/boilerplates/remote-schemas/google-cloud-functions/nodejs

Start a local development server (you may need to install dependencies from npm):

$ npm i --no-save apollo-server
$ node localDev.js

Output:

Server ready at http://localhost:4000/

This will start a local server on localhost:4000. You can hit the graphql service at localhost:4000. This opens a graphql playground where you can query your schema.

Deployment

Install gcloud cli.
From the current directory, run the following command to deploy the function:

$ gcloud functions deploy hello-graphql --entry-point handler --runtime nodejs8 --trigger-http

Get the trigger URL from the above output:

httpsTrigger:
  url: https://us-central1-hasura-test.cloudfunctions.net/hello-graphql