graphql-yoga VS graphql-over-http

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Within our GraphQL Yoga monorepository we have a subscription package which includes a maintained (and fully TypeScript typed) PubSub implementation. https://github.com/dotansimha/graphql-yoga/tree/main/packages/subscription / https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server/v3/features/subscriptions#pubsub

It's easy to do with a Serverless Function and with GraphQL Yoga.

And since Yoga server works perfectly with Envelop plugins, a verity of error handling and security plugins are available on the plugin hub

In today's article we are going to create a GraphQL api using the Koa framework together with the GraphQL Yoga library and Pothos. In addition, we will use Kysely, which is a query builder entirely written in TypeScript.

I want to share my approach to handling errors in GraphQL resolvers (I use GraphQL Yoga on the server-side) and pass them to the frontend side (where I use Svelte + @urql/svelte).

Last, in case you just want a simple GraphQL server where you don’t have to setup anything and subscriptions work out of the box (using SSE), you might wanna check out GraphQL Yoga v2 (Disclaimer: I am maintaining this library).

What is your server setup like? Have you tried the latest GraphQL Yoga ? It has everything configured OOTB including subscriptions.

Not that I know of. But here are a few things that may be of interest.

Redwood's GraphQL API is built on Yoga (we collaborate tightly with The Guild) — https://www.graphql-yoga.com You just need a GraphQL Client, which The Guild already has an option ready for you https://apollo-angular.com (Note: Apollo or other clients fine as well.)

Here's an example "How To" about connecting Next (React) with Redwood: https://community.redwoodjs.com/t/how-to-connect-a-next-js-f...

I'm a co-founder of Redwood and help lead the project so I can say as a matter of fact we a highly collaborative and enjoy (and support) exploratory projects. It's a priority for us to better demonstrate the power of Redwood's API through examples. If you'd be interested in digging in collaboratively with the community, I can help connect the dots. Just kick things off over here and tag me @thedavidprice: https://community.redwoodjs.com

No pressure at all! Just wanted you to know the invitation is open. Anytime.

Another major pain is the fact that operation names and HTTP codes are often hidden in request bodies which makes it really hard to see what is going on in standard monitoring tools. It's possible to write some converter but it's beyond me why some people decided that requests which failed on the server respond with status 200. GraphQL spec doesn't define how it should behave, there's only a proposal (https://github.com/graphql/graphql-over-http)

The GraphQL over HTTP specification states the following:

However, if you are doing GraphQL subscriptions over Server Sent Events (HTTP) (which is currently not part of the GraphQL over HTTP specification), the data flow is only from server to client. So each operation must be a separate request, which should be no problem when using HTTP/2, as the browser connection limit is not hit so fast (There are also workarounds to this if you cannot ise HTTP/2).

Complementary to the note, you can learn more about GraphQL over HTTP in the specification over here: https://github.com/graphql/graphql-over-http/blob/main/spec/GraphQLOverHTTP.md

GraphQL-spec, GraphQL-over-HTTP: guarantees your GraphQL API to work with all existing GraphQL clients (Apollo, Relay, URQL, and more).

Note: While GraphQL can be done over almost any protocol, this article focuses on the most commonly used protocol GraphQL over HTTP. However, most knowledge can be transferred to other protocols such as GraphQL over WebSockets or other more exotic ones.

There is also the GraphQL over HTTP Specification repository https://github.com/graphql/graphql-over-http

graphql-sse is a reference implementation of the GraphQL over Server-Sent Events Protocol aiming to become a part of the GraphQL over HTTP standard.

With no further ado - I humbly introduce graphql-ws. A coherent, feature-full, zero-dependency, plug-n-play, lazy, simple, server and client implementation of the new, security first GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol with full support for all 3 GraphQL operations: Queries, Mutations and Subscriptions. The protocol aims to be standardised and become a part of GraphQL with the help of the foundation’s GraphQL over HTTP work group.

You could additionally also choose a specific HTTP code for that scenario (although that would contradict the official GraphQL over HTTP spec https://github.com/graphql/graphql-over-http/blob/main/spec/GraphQLOverHTTP.md).