README.md

fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate

A full-fledged Apollo Server with Apollo Client starter project with React and Express. Read more about it in this tutorial to build it yourself.

Family of universal fullstack repositories:

Server Applications:

• Node.js with Express + MongoDB
• Node.js with Express + PostgreSQL

Client Applications:

• React Client
• React Native Client

Features of Client + Server

• React (create-react-app) with Apollo Client
  • Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions
• Node.js with Express and Apollo Server
  • cursor-based Pagination
• PostgreSQL Database with Sequelize
  • entities: users, messages
• Authentication
  • powered by JWT and local storage
  • Sign Up, Sign In, Sign Out
• Authorization
  • protected endpoint (e.g. verify valid session)
  • protected resolvers (e.g. e.g. session-based, role-based)
  • protected routes (e.g. session-based, role-based)
• performance optimizations
  • example of using Facebook's dataloader
• E2E testing

Installation

• git clone [email protected]:the-road-to-graphql/fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate.git
• cd fullstack-apollo-express-postgresql-boilerplate
• touch .env
• npm install
• fill out .env file (see below)
• start PostgreSQL database
• npm start
• visit http://localhost:8000 for GraphQL playground

.env file

Since this boilerplate project is using PostgreSQL, you have to install it for your machine and get a database up and running. You find everything for the set up over here: Setup PostgreSQL with Sequelize in Express Tutorial. After you have created a database and a database user, you can fill out the environment variables in the server/.env file.

DATABASE=mydatabase

DATABASE_USER=postgres
DATABASE_PASSWORD=postgres

SECRET=asdlplplfwfwefwekwself.2342.dawasdq

The SECRET is just a random string for your authentication. Keep all these information secure by adding the .env file to your .gitignore file. No third-party should have access to this information.

Testing

• adjust test:run-server npm script with TEST_DATABASE environment variable in package.json to match your testing database name
  • to match it from package.json: createdb mytestdatabase with psql
• one terminal: npm run test:run-server
• second terminal: npm run test:execute-test

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