GraphQXL is a new language built on top of the GraphQL syntax that extends the original language with some additional features useful for creating scalable and big server side schemas.

Documentation

There is a WIP version of the GraphQXL book with some useful docs, you can check it here

Features

Object inheritance

Use the spread operator to inherit fields from other types or inputs. Descriptions will also be inherited.

Try it yourself!

Source GraphQXL	Compiled GraphQL
type _OtherType { "Descriptions are also inherited" bar: Int! } type MyType { foo: String! ..._OtherType } #GraphQXL	type MyType { foo: String! "Descriptions are also inherited" bar: Int! } #GraphQL

Generics

Declare generic types and inputs in order to reuse common structures across your schema.

Try it yourself!

Source GraphQXL	Compiled GraphQL
type Generic<T> { foo: T } type MyStringType = Generic<String!> type MyIntType = Generic<Int!> #GraphQXL	type MyStringType { foo: String! } type MyIntType { foo: Int! } #GraphQL

Modifiers

Modify types and inputs with built-in modifiers.

Try it yourself!

Source GraphQXL	Compiled GraphQL
type _MyType { foo: String bar: String! } type MyTypeRequired = Required<_MyType> type MyTypeOptional = Optional<_MyType> #GraphQXL	type MyTypeRequired { foo: String! bar: String! } type MyTypeOptional { foo: String bar: String } #GraphQL

Import statements

Import other .graphqxl files and use their definitions in the current file.

Source GraphQXL	Compiled GraphQL
# my_file.graphqxl import "other_file" type MyType { foo: OtherType! } #GraphQXL # other_file.graphqxl type OtherType { bar: Int! } #GraphQXL	# my_file.graphql type OtherType { bar: Int! } type MyType { foo: OtherType! } #GraphQL

Install

For brew users:

brew install graphqxl

There is built-in support for the following programming languages:

• Node

There are also precompiled binaries for each architecture that you can download directly from GitHub releases:

Mac M1

wget https://github.com/gabotechs/graphqxl/releases/latest/download/graphqxl-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
tar -xvf graphqxl-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

Mac Intel

wget https://github.com/gabotechs/graphqxl/releases/latest/download/graphqxl-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
tar -xvf graphqxl-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

Linux x86_64

wget https://github.com/gabotechs/graphqxl/releases/latest/download/graphqxl-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar -xvf graphqxl-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Linux aarch64

wget https://github.com/gabotechs/graphqxl/releases/latest/download/graphqxl-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar -xvf graphqxl-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Usage

./graphqxl foo.graphqxl

this will output foo.graphql as a result