Hello world example for Apollo Client 2 + React? - graphql

Question

Im trying to return a string with React and GraphQL but I'm getting stuck at the first stage. Here is my attempt:
import { makeExecutableSchema } from 'graphql-tools';
const typeDefs = `
type Query {
author: Person
}
type Person {
name: String
}
`;
const resolvers = {
Query: {
author: { name: 'billy' },
},
};
const schema = makeExecutableSchema({
typeDefs,
resolvers,
});
createApolloServer({ schema });
And this is my understanding of that code:
In my schema I've defined a Query called author which should return a Person.
A Person has a name field which is a string.
My resolver has a Query called author which should return an object with a name field of value 'billy'
However in my Graphicool browser tools this query:
query {
author{
name
}
}
Returns this:
{
"data": {
"author": null
}
}

Answer 1

Resolvers are functions which GraphQL will call when resolving that particular field. That means your resolvers object should look more like this:
const resolvers = {
Query: {
author: () => ({ name: 'billy' }),
},
}
Or, alternatively,
const resolvers = {
Query: {
author() {
return { name: 'billy' }
},
},
}
You can check out the docs for more information.

Answer 2

import { createApolloServer } from 'meteor/apollo';
import { makeExecutableSchema } from 'graphql-tools';
import merge from 'lodash/merge'; // will be useful later when their are more schemas
import GroupsSchema from './Groups.graphql';
import GroupsResolvers from './resolvers';
const typeDefs = [GroupsSchema];
const resolvers = merge(GroupsResolvers);
const schema = makeExecutableSchema({
typeDefs,
resolvers,
});
createApolloServer({ schema });
In ./Groups.graphql:
type Query {
hi: String
groups: [Group]
group: Group
}
type Group {
name: String
}
In './resolvers':
export default {
Query: {
hi() {
return 'howdy';
},
groups() {
return [{ name: 'one', _id: '123' }, { name: 'two', _id: '456' }];
// return Groups.find().fetch();
},
group() {
return { name: 'found me' };
},
},
};
In a React component:
const mainQuery = gql`
{
groups {
name
}
}
`;
export default graphql(mainQuery)(ComponentName);