NestJS + EdgeDB

Setup

1. edgedb project init
2. yarn install
3. yarn generate:edgeql
4. yarn dev
5. Server should now be running!

GraphQL

This example uses the @nestjs/graphql module, setting up it's own GraphQL endpoint at localhost:3000/graphql.

Generated code path mapping

• tsconfig.compilerOptions.paths ensures generated/edgeql is available in sources with imports from ~/edgeql.
• The generated code is placed outside of src.
  • It proved more convenient when having to commit the generated code into the repo (of the project making the basis for this example).
    • Specifically for the purpose of building Docker images in CI.
    • And without having a running EdgeDB instance to introspect.
• Child paths immediately inside src/* are also available from ~/*, so beware of conflicts; eg.:
  • ~/edgedb refers to src/edgedb
  • ~/edgeql refers to generated/edgeql

Docker

Also included in this repo are two Dockerfiles (API + EdgeDB), as well as a docker-compose.yml configuration for building and instantiating them.

• Simply running docker-compose up -d should do the trick.
• Then docker-compose build to rebuild upon any changes you make to the code.