How to execute GraphQL query from server

Question

I am using graphql-express to create an endpoint where I can execute graphql queries in. Although I am using Sequelize with a SQL database it feels wrong to use it directly from

Answer 1

GraphQL.js itself does not require a http server to run. express-graphql is just a helper to mount the query resolver to a http endpoint.

You can pass your schema and the query to graphql, it'll return a Promise that'll resolve the query to the data.

graphql(schema, query).then(result => {
  console.log(result);
});

So:

const {graphql} = require('graphql');
const schema = require('./schema');
function query (str) {
  return graphql(schema, str);
}

query(`
  {
    user(id: ${id}) {
      name
    }
  }
`).then(data => {
  console.log(data);
})