mdbook-preprocessor-graphql-playground

A preprocessor for mdbook to add GraphQL playgrounds.

Usage

1. Install mdbook-preprocessor-graphql-playground shell cargo install mdbook-preprocessor-graphql-playground

2. Add to book.toml: ```toml [preprocessor.graphql-playground] command = "mdbook-graphql-playground" renderer = ["html"]

   [output]

   [output.html] additional-js = ["graphql-playground-react-middleware.js", "graphql-playground.js"] additional-css = ["graphql-playground.css"] ```

3. Copy assets into the book root directory: shell cp assets/graphql-playground.css <book_dir> cp assets/graphql-playground.js <book_dir> cp assets/graphql-playground-react-middleware.js <book_dir> cp assets/images/* <book_dir>/src/images/
4. Create a config file(s) shell mkdir <book_dir>/configs nano <book_dir>/configs/swapi.json
5. Create query file(s) shell mkdir -p <book_dir>/queries/swapi nano <book_dir>/queries/swapi/all-planets.query.graphql
6. Embed the GraphQL Playground in your markdown files {{ graphql_playground(config="/configs/swapi.json") }}

The query files

• You can have multiple queries

graphql query AllPlanetsQuery { allPlanets { planets { name diameter } } }

The config files

• You can have multiple config files
• You can have multiple tabs, each refers to a query

json { "title": "The Star Wars API", "description": "Explore the star wars API using mdbook-preprocessor-graphql-playground", "endpoint": "https://swapi-graphql.netlify.app/.netlify/functions/index", "tabs": [ { "name": "All Planets", "url": "/queries/swapi/all-planets.query.graphql" } ] }

Use a config in the book

1. Embed with the graphql_playground function
2. Specify the location of the config file with the config parameter

{{ graphql_playground(config="/configs/swapi.json") }}

Example

A full example can be found in this repository