Gatsby: Proposal: Add plug-n-play support for arbitrary GraphQL sources

Created on 26 Mar 2018 · 14Comments · Source: gatsbyjs/gatsby

Use-case

I already have a graphql API that can export a graphql schema. I want to use that as a gatsby source so that I can specify graphql queries (in the graphql type system that I have in my graphql schema) for each component and have that fetched during gatsby build.

Things to figure out

Support schema-stitching for gatsby graphql queries
Add support for "sync" or "changes" so that gatsby can avoid rebuilding components for which the graphql queries will not return an updated dataset

@KyleAMathews This is with ref. to our conversation on twitter.

Source

coco98

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All 14 comments

Hi @KyleAMathews. Are there any updates on this? Is anyone working on this for v2?

jaisontj on 16 Apr 2018

@jaisontj still gathering requirements/user stories/speccing out design. Could you describe how you'd like to use this feature?

KyleAMathews on 16 Apr 2018

Any updates? I'm trying to use with craftCMS/craftQL/graphQL as mentioned here https://github.com/markhuot/craftql/issues/41

gusnips on 14 Jun 2018

We are also in the same position, trying to use Gatsby with CraftCMS + CraftQL that provides an external API

rjgux on 21 Jun 2018

No news on this yet, but it is a popular feature request and is something we want to work on soon.

m-allanson on 21 Jun 2018

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I managed to build a plug-in to fetch data from craftCMS, will add to GitHub soon. How do I add to gatsby plugins page?
Thanks

gusnips on 22 Jun 2018

You need gatsby and gatsby-plugin as keywords https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/plugin-authoring/#what-files-does-gatsby-look-for-in-a-plugin

KyleAMathews on 22 Jun 2018

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Thanks, @KyleAMathews ... will do it as soon as I have some free time
also it's working on v1 and v2

gusnips on 23 Jun 2018

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@gusnips do you plan on open sourcing your plugin? Its exactly what I am looking for and I would love to be able to use it / contribute.

Dean177 on 24 Jun 2018

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@Dean177 Check out https://github.com/GraphCMS/gatsby-source-graphcms

gaui on 27 Jun 2018

@Dean177 https://github.com/gusnips/gatsby-source-craftcms
I just need to test it better, because I was using it in my plugins/ folder until now
feel free to open an issue if you a problem

Edit: I just tested and it is working as expected

gusnips on 27 Jun 2018

@gusnips thanks, will do.

Dean177 on 28 Jun 2018

This is RFC for schema stitching. https://github.com/gatsbyjs/rfcs/pull/6