Sails: apollo-server. Include it in Sails like a middleware is not possible?

[frederikhors]

Sails version: 1.0.x
Node version: 8.x
NPM version: 6.x
DB adapter name: N/A
DB adapter version: N/A
Operating system: Win/Mac

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I'm trying to use the guide in Readme (here: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server#getting-started) to use apollo-server and here: https://sailsjs.com/documentation/concepts/middleware.

I'm trying with config/http.js:

module.exports.http = {
  middleware: {
    order: [
      "cookieParser",
      "session",
      "bodyParser",
      "compress",
      "poweredBy",
      "router",
      "www",
      "favicon",
      "apolloServer"
    ],

    apolloServer: async function() {
      const express = require("express");
      const { ApolloServer, gql } = require("apollo-server-express");

      const typeDefs = gql`
        type Query {
          hello: String
        }
      `;

      const resolvers = {
        Query: {
          hello: () => "Hello world!"
        }
      };

      const apolloServ = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs, resolvers });
      const app = express();
      return apolloServ.applyMiddleware({ app });
    }
  }
};

But I know this is not good (and indeed it doesn't work).

How can I include apollo-server?

I'm not the only one:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51716013/why-isnt-apollo-server-a-middleware-for-express-rather-than-being-a-server-tha
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51748579/apollo-server-how-to-use-it-with-sailsjs
• https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues/1503

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[frederikhors]

Ok, sailsbot! :D

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[frederikhors]

Try now, @sailsbot!

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[frederikhors]

AI right?

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[streleck]

@frederikhors In this case, Apollo is not middleware and it is not going to work with sails. GraphQL does a lot of the same things as the Blueprint API does for sails, but honestly I don't recommend using either for any kind of production grade app. This is because making your database secure and restricting data to only the appropriate users will create more work and problems, than using a more traditional server/database. I'm sorry that this doesn't help if you are required to use Apollo/GraphQL, but hopefully it helps you on the right path.

[netik]

Discounting Apollo and GraphQL wholesale because you think that it doesn't have authentication and authorization built in, isn't a proper answer.

https://blog.apollographql.com/authorization-in-graphql-452b1c402a9

[sayjeyhi]

sails do not want to work around this issue ?

[johnabrams7]

@frederikhors @jafar-rezaei @netik We appreciate all the feedback so far - what are some further business use case(s) for apollo-server in Sails?