graphql-to-sql

Use GraphQL as the source of truth for schema. The SQL schema script is derived from the GraphQL type definitions.


Keywords
graphql, directive, mysql, sql, database, code-generation, generator, sdl, graphql-schema-language, graphql-schema, schema, sql-schema
License
MIT
Install
npm install graphql-to-sql@4.1.10

Documentation

graphql-to-sql

Unify your SQL schema and your GraphQL schema. Manage schema from a single source of truth.

Example

node generate-sql.js

// generate-sql.js
import sqlDirective from 'graphql-to-sql'
import gql from 'graphql-tag'

const {
  sqlDirectiveTypeDefs,
  generateSql
} = sqlDirective('sql')

const typeDefs = gql`
  directive @sql (
    unicode: Boolean
    auto: Boolean
    default: String
    index: Boolean
    nullable: Boolean
    primary: Boolean
    type: String
    unique: Boolean
    generated: String
    constraints: String
  ) on OBJECT | FIELD_DEFINITION

  # See graphql-directive-private
  directive @private on OBJECT | FIELD_DEFINITION

  type User @sql(unicode: true) {
    userId: String @sql(type: "BINARY(16)", primary: true)
    uniqueColumn: Int @sql(unique: true)
    databaseOnlyField: Int @sql @private
    
    graphqlOnlyField: String
    posts: [Post]
  }

  type Post {
    postId: Int @sql(primary: true, auto: true)
    userId: String @sql(type: "BINARY(16)", index: true)
    content: String @sql(type: "VARCHAR(300)", unicode: true, nullable: true)
    likes: Int @sql
    dateCreated: String @sql(type: "TIMESTAMP", default: "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP")
  }
  
  type UserPair @sql(constraints: "UNIQUE(parentUserId, childUserId),\\n  FOREIGN KEY (parentUserId) REFERENCES User(userId)") {
    userPairId: String @sql(type: "BINARY(16)", primary: true)
    parentUserId: String @sql(type: "BINARY(16)", index: true)
    childUserId: String @sql(type: "BINARY(16)", index: true)
  }
`

const sql = generateSql({typeDefs: [typeDefs, sqlDirectiveTypeDefs]}, {
  databaseName: 'public', // for postgres, keeping public is recommended.
  tablePrefix: 'test', // or test_
  dbType: 'mysql' // or postgres
})
console.log('sql', sql)

The script above will produce this string:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `public`.`test_User` (
  `userId` BINARY(16) NOT NULL,
  `uniqueColumn` INT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
  `databaseOnlyField` INT NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`userId`)
) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `public`.`test_UserPair` (
  `userPairId` BINARY(16) NOT NULL,
  `parentUserId` BINARY(16) NOT NULL,
  `childUserId` BINARY(16) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`userPairId`),
  INDEX `PARENTUSERIDINDEX` (`parentUserId` ASC),
  INDEX `CHILDUSERIDINDEX` (`childUserId` ASC),
  UNIQUE(parentUserId, childUserId),
  FOREIGN KEY (parentUserId) REFERENCES User(userId)
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `public`.`test_Post` (
  `postId` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `userId` BINARY(16) NOT NULL,
  `content` VARCHAR(300) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL,
  `likes` INT NOT NULL,
  `dateCreated` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (`postId`),
  INDEX `USERIDINDEX` (`userId` ASC)
) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Also see main-test.ts for a working example.

Arguments for @sql():

ON OBJECT:

  • unicode
    • Adds CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci as table_option.
  • constraints
    • Any text written in here will be appended "as is" to the create_definition.

ON FIELD_DEFINITION:

  • auto
    • Marks a column as being AUTO_INCREMENT.
    • Column with "auto" must have INT or SERIAL type.
    • "default" is not allowed with "auto".
    • "unicode" is not allowed with "auto".
  • default
    • Sets the DEFAULT clause.
  • index
    • Creates an index for the column.
  • nullable
    • Marks the column with NULL. By default, all columns are NOT NULL.
  • primary
    • Creates a PRIMARY KEY clause for the column.
    • At least one column needs to be marked as "primary".
    • "primary" is not allowed with "nullable".
  • type
    • Specify the column type.
    • If type is not specified, the MySQL type will be inferred from the GraphQL type.
    • GraphQLString types must be explicitly defined using "type".
  • unicode
    • If any column is marked with "unicode", then the table will have CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci.
  • unique
    • Marks a column with the UNIQUE keyword.
  • generated
    • Marks a generated column.
    • Example: @sql(generated: "(data->>'$.test')"). See main-test.ts for more examples.

SQL Features Supported:

  • Auto Increment
  • Default
  • Index
  • Not Null
  • Primary Key
  • Unicode
  • Unique
  • Check
  • Constraints
  • Foreign Key (via @constraints)
  • Generated Columns

MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported.