README

[WIP] An elegant wrapper to webonyx/graphql-php that uses PHP 8 attributes.

Installation

Requirements: PHP 8

composer require scriptle/laragraph

Usage

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider=Scriptle\\Laragraph\\LaragraphServiceProvider

Amend the schemas to your preference.

Folder Structure

• Mutation roots live in app/GraphQL/Mutations
• Query roots live in app/GraphQL/Queries
• Types live in app/GraphQL/Types

app/Models is also traversed for models with GraphQL Type attributes present.

Schema

Schemas are defined in config/laragraph.php under the schemas key.

return [
    'prefix' => 'gql',
    'schemas' => [
        'v1' => [
            'schema' => [
                'query' => 'V1Query',
                'mutation' => 'V1Mutation',
            ],
            'middleware' => null,
        ],
        /* 'v2' => [
        *       'schema' => [
        *           'query' => 'V2Query',
        *           'mutation' => 'V2Mutation',
        *       ],
        *       'middleware' => 'throttle:60,1',
        *   ]
        */
    ]
];

The prefix (gql) is prepended to all schemas. The schema key is the URL. So for v1, the full URL is /gql/v1.

Within the schema key you define your GraphQL schema as usual, referencing the root types by string.

You can add custom middleware with that key, such as an entire schema limited to admin users.

Then, you must add your root types as you defined them, like so:

namespace App\GraphQL\Queries;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
use App\Models\User;
...
#[Type('V1Query', 'Root queries for v1')]
class V1Query {
    #[Field('users', '[User]!', 'Lists all users.')]
    public function users() {
        return User::all();
    }
    
    // More on this later
    #[Field('lookupUser("User ID" id: String, "User Email" email: String)', 'User', 'Look up a user by ID or email.')]
    public function lookupUser($args) {
        // More on this later
        return User::where($args)->first();
    }
}

Attributes

On the class, add the following attribute:

namespace App\Models\User;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
...
#[Type]
class User extends Authenticatable {
    ...
}

#[Type] on its own will use the class name as the GraphQL type name.

#[Type('Person')] will use Person as the GraphQL type name.

#[Type('User', 'A user in the database.')] will use User as the GraphQL type name, plus a GraphQL introspection descriptor for this type.

Defining Fields

To define simple fields returned through Eloquent, you can simply attach them with the Type attribute:

namespace App\Models\User;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Field;
...
#[
    Type('User', 'A user in the database.'),
    Field('id', 'String!', 'User ID'),
    Field('first_name', 'String!', "User's first name"),
    Field('last_name', 'String!', "User's last name"),
    Field('roles', '[Role]!', 'Array of user roles'),
]
class User extends Authenticatable {
    ...
}

Note: Eloquent relationships are automatically supported this way.

Fields with a custom resolver

If your field is not database-based, or needs to be passed through a callback you can use this feature.

EITHER:

namespace App\Models\User;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Field;
...
#[
    Type('User', 'A user in the database.'),
    Field('id', 'String!', 'User ID'),
    Field('first_name', 'String!', "User's first name"),
    Field('last_name', 'String!', "User's last name"),
    Field('roles', '[Role]!', 'Array of user roles'),
]
class User extends Authenticatable {
    ...
    public function resolveLastNameField()
    {
        return strtoupper($this->attributes['last_name']);
    }
}

Format: resolve + (StudlyCase) LastName + Field = resolveLastNameField

OR

namespace App\Models\User;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Field;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\ResolvesFor;
...
#[
    Type('User', 'A user in the database.'),
    Field('id', 'String!', 'User ID'),
    Field('first_name', 'String!', "User's first name"),
    Field('last_name', 'String!', "User's last name"),
    Field('roles', '[Role]!', 'Array of user roles'),
]
class User extends Authenticatable {
    ...
    #[ResolvesFor('last_name')]
    public function getLastNameAttribute()
    {
        return strtoupper($this->attributes['last_name']);
    }
}

Function can be named anything as long as it has the ResolvesFor attribute. This hooks in nicely with Laravel's custom getters.

OR LASTLY:

namespace App\Models\User;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Type;
use Scriptle\Laragraph\Field;
...
#[
    Type('User', 'A user in the database.'),
    Field('id', 'String!', 'User ID'),
    Field('first_name', 'String!', "User's first name"),
    Field('roles', '[Role]!', 'Array of user roles'),
]
class User extends Authenticatable {
    ...
    #[Field('last_name', 'String!', "User's last name")]
    public function anything()
    {
        return strtoupper($this->attributes['last_name']);
    }
}

Move the Field attribute down to the function instead, if you prefer this style.

Argument-ed Fields

Some fields, especially in queries, need arguments. The syntax is direct GraphQL definition syntax:

#[Field('lookupUser("User ID" id: String!)', 'User', 'Look up a user by ID.')]

This defines a lookupUser field with 1 argument, id of type String! (with ! so it must be non-null) and with introspection description of User ID.

The same can be done for mutations or querying fields on types.

Custom Types

Custom Types can be defined like the User model above, and can be placed in the app/GraphQL/Types folder to keep them separate from your models. This is useful for mutation responses, or other complex response structures.

Types are referenced by their type name (as registered by the #[Type] attribute), just with regular GraphQL. There is no need to create a variable or reference classes directly!

Caching

The config/laragraph.php will be cached along with Laravel's regular config caching (php artisan config:cache || php artisan config:clear)

You can also cache Laragraph's Type mappings to avoid processing these on each request. Use php artisan gql:cache to cache, and php artisan gql:clear to remove.