Apollo-tooling: Typescript Modern Root Directory

[0xcaff]

I'm using the following project structure:

.
├── package.json
├── node_modules
│  └── @forte-music/schema
│      └── schema.graphql
└── src
   ├── __generated__
   └── query.ts

In package json

  "apollo": {
    "client": {
      "service": {
        "name": "forte",
        "localSchemaFile": "./node_modules/@forte-music/schema/schema.graphql"
      }
    }
  },

When using

apollo codegen:generate --queries 'src/**/*.{graphql,ts,tsx}' --target typescript

A __generated__ folder is added in the project root.

└── globalTypes.ts

Is there a way to specify an output root? I would like the __generated__ folder to be in the src folder and nothing outside src to be affected.

[trevor-scheer]

Hey @0xcaff, sorry for the delayed response here. It looks like you may have found a way to achieve what you needed, but we also have the --outputFlat flag which is what I think you wanted. The README at the root of this project enumerates all the possible flags. You can get the same printout by running npx apollo client:codegen --help. Hope this is helpful - feel free to reopen a separate issue if you're still having any problems 👍

[0xcaff]

No, --outputFlat puts all the output into a single directory. This is not the desired behavior. I want to put the globalTypes.ts under src/__generated__/globalTypes.ts instead of ./__generated__/globalTypes.ts.

[narciero]

I am also having the same issue...trying to generate the globalTypes.ts under the src/__generated__ folder and it does, but it also creates an empty __generated__ folder at my project root (where package.json is located).

This is what my command looks like
sh apollo client:codegen --target=typescript --globalTypesFile=src/__generated__/globalTypes.ts __generated__

[masashiswingle]

I am also having this issue too.

I added this to the script to resolve the issue. The only thing is that it still creates an empty __generated__ folder at root :|

--globalTypesFile="src/__generated__/globalTypes.d.ts"

[langarus]

@masashiswingle any luck on not automatically creating the generated folder?
I got it working with
apollo client:codegen --target=typescript --outputFlat './src/__generated__'
It's just that you have to make sure that the __generated__ folder exists