Title

Lighthouse Tutorial

Description

A basic starter pack for a GraphQL API using Lighthouse and Laravel

Running the API

It's very simple to get the API up and running. First, create the database (and database user if necessary) and add them to the .env file.

DB_DATABASE=your_db_name
DB_USERNAME=your_db_user
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

Then install, migrate, seed, and run the server:

composer install
php artisan migrate
php artisan serve

Testing Environment

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql-playground on your browser to test the API

Alternatively you can use Postman or Insomnia

Use this url: http://localhost:8000/graphql

Heroku Link

Heroku

Seeding the database

First run

php artisan tinker

Then on the shell that opens up run

factory('App\User',10)->create();
factory('App\Post',50)->create();
factory('App\Comment',50)->create();

or simply

composer seed

Queries and Mutations

Fetch a user

{
  user(id: 1) {
    id
    name
    email
  }
}

Fetch all users with pagination

{
  users(count:10) {
    paginatorInfo {
      total
      hasMorePages
      currentPage
      lastPage
      perPage
      firstItem
      lastItem
      count
    }
    data {
      id
      name
      email
    }
  }
}

Fetch a post

{
  post(id: 1) {
    id
    title
    content
    user {
      id
      name
    }
    comments {
      id
      reply
    }
  }
}

Fetch posts

{
  posts {
    id
    title
    user {
      id
      name
    }
    comments {
      id
      reply
    }
  }
}

Create a user

mutation {
  createUser(
    name: "Ryan Wire"
    email: "simiyuwire@gmail.com"
    password: "1234567"
  ){
    id,
    name
  }
}

Login a user

mutation {
    login(data: {
        username: "oberbrunner.reginald@example.net",
        password: "password"
    }) {
        access_token
    }
}