Graphql-yoga: Is there a way to close server?

[PanJiaChen]

I want to listen for file changes and automatically restart the service when changes occur. But I did not find a way to close the server.

[douglaseggleton]

Hej @PanJiaChen 🙌🏻I remember a discussion on this a while ago... https://github.com/prismagraphql/graphql-yoga/issues/100

Essentially...

const server = new GraphQLServer({ typeDefs, resolvers })
const httpServer = server.start()
httpServer.close()

[PanJiaChen]

I have read this issue before, but I found that it does not work.

[mzabaluev]

There are a few problems with the start method usage as shown above:

1. It's not documented in the README: the start method is said to return Promise<void>.
2. The actual definition of the start method in the code gives the return type as Promise<HttpServer | HttpsServer>.

So, an undocumented, but workable way to obtain the HTTP server object would be:

const server = new GraphQLServer({ typeDefs, resolvers })
server.start()
  .then(httpServer => {
    // Do stuff
    httpServer.close()
  });

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Due to inactivity of this issue we have marked it stale. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

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Due to inactivity of this issue we have marked it stale. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

[stale[bot]]

Hey :wave:, It seems like this issue has been inactive for some time. In need for maintaining clear overview of the issues concerning the latest version of graphql-yoga we'll close it.
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