Ariadne-Relay

Ariadne-Relay provides a toolset for implementing GraphQL servers in Python that conform to the Relay specification, using the Ariadne library.

The goals of Ariadne-Relay are to:

• Make building Relay features feel as close as possible to core Ariadne
• Minimize boilerplate for common cases
• Make it as easy as possible to fully customize and optimize a Relay deployment

Installation

Ariadne-Relay can be installed with pip:

pip install ariadne-relay

Quickstart

If you are not familiar with Ariadne usage in general, the Araidne docs are the best place to start.

Here's a variation of the Ariadne quickstart as a Relay implementation:

from dataclasses import dataclass

from ariadne import gql, InterfaceType, make_executable_schema
from ariadne.asgi import GraphQL

from ariadne_relay import NodeObjectType, RelayQueryType, resolve_node_query


# Using a dataclass for Person rather than a dict,
# since it works better with a Node implementation
@dataclass
class Person:
    id: int
    firstName: str
    lastName: str
    age: int


type_defs = gql(
    """
    type Query {
        node(id: ID!): Node
        people(
            after: String
            before: String
            first: Int
            last: Int
        ): PeopleConnection!
    }

    interface Node {
        id: ID!
    }

    type PageInfo {
        hasNextPage: Boolean!
        hasPreviousPage: Boolean!
        startCursor: String
        endCursor: String
    }

    type Person implements Node {
        id: ID!
        firstName: String
        lastName: String
        age: Int
        fullName: String
    }

    type PersonEdge {
        cursor: String!
        node: Person
    }

    type PeopleConnection {
        pageInfo: PageInfo!
        edges: [PersonEdge]!
    }
"""
)

# A mock data store of people
people_data = {
    "1": Person(id=1, firstName="John", lastName="Doe", age=21),
    "2": Person(id=2, firstName="Bob", lastName="Boberson", age=24),
}

# Instead of using Ariadne's QueryType, use the Relay-enabled
# RelayQueryType class
query = RelayQueryType()

# resolve_node_query is provided as a resolver for Query.node()
query.set_field("node", resolve_node_query)

# Connection resolvers work exactly like standard Ariadne resolvers,
# except they convert the returned value to a connection structure
@query.connection("people")
def resolve_people(*_):
    return list(people_data.values())


# Define the Node interface
node = InterfaceType("Node")

# Add a Node type resolver
@node.type_resolver
def resolve_node_type(obj, *_):
    return obj.__class__.__name__


# Instead of Ariadne's ObjectType, use the Relay-enabled
# NodeObjectType class for types that implement Node
person = NodeObjectType("Person")


# Add an instance_resolver to define how an instance of
# this type is retrieved, given an id
@person.instance_resolver
def resolve_person_instance(id, *_):
    return people_data.get(id)


@person.field("fullName")
def resolve_person_fullname(person, *_):
    return "%s %s" % (person.firstName, person.lastName)


# Create executable GraphQL schema
schema = make_executable_schema(type_defs, node, query, person)

# Create an ASGI app using the schema, running in debug mode
app = GraphQL(schema, debug=True)

Connection Factories

The heavy lifting of generating a connection structure in a RelayObjectType.connection() is performed by the chosen factory. It is possible to specify a factory of your chosing by passing it in the call to connection():

@query.connection("people", factory=CustomConnection)

ReferenceConnection

The default that is used when factory is not overridden is ReferenceConnection. This implementation wraps graphql_relay.connection_from_array_slice() and provides the expected behavior of the Relay reference implementation.

SnakeCaseConnection

The SnakeCaseConnection factory provides equivalent functionality to ReferenceConnection, but returns a connection structure with snake-case field names. This is useful in conjunction with ariadne.snake_case_fallback_resolvers.

ConnectionProxy

The ConnectionProxy factory can be used to proxy an already-formed connection structure, for example a payload that was produced by an external GraphQL endpoint. It simply passes through the data untouched.

Custom Factories

Many deployments will benefit from customizing the connection factory. One example would be properly integrating a given ORM like Djano. Other examples might be extending the functionality of connections, or customizing how cursors are formed. The BaseConnection and SnakeCaseBaseConnection classes can be useful for this purpose.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.