apollo-upload-server

Enhances Apollo for intuitive file uploads via GraphQL queries or mutations. Use with apollo-upload-client.

Setup

Install with peer dependencies using npm:

npm install apollo-upload-server graphql

Middleware

Add the middleware just before graphql-server.

Options

• maxFieldSize (integer): Max allowed non-file multipart form field size in bytes; enough for your queries (default: 1 MB).
• maxFileSize (integer): Max allowed file size in bytes (default: Infinity).
• maxFiles (integer): Max allowed number of files (default: Infinity).

Koa

import { apolloUploadKoa } from 'apollo-upload-server'

// …

router.post(
  '/graphql',
  koaBody(),
  apolloUploadKoa(/* Options */),
  graphqlKoa(/* … */)
)

Express

import { apolloUploadExpress } from 'apollo-upload-server'

// …

app.use(
  '/graphql',
  bodyParser.json(),
  apolloUploadExpress(/* Options */),
  graphqlExpress(/* … */)
)

Custom middleware

To make your own middleware import the processRequest async function:

import { processRequest } from 'apollo-upload-server'

Upload scalar

A file upload promise that resolves an object containing:

• stream
• filename
• mimetype
• encoding

It must be added to your types and resolvers:

import { makeExecutableSchema } from 'graphql-tools'
import { GraphQLUpload } from 'apollo-upload-server'

const schema = makeExecutableSchema({
  typeDefs: [`scalar Upload`],
  resolvers: {
    Upload: GraphQLUpload
  }
})

Client

Also setup apollo-upload-client.

Usage

Once setup, on the client use FileList, File and ReactNativeFile instances anywhere within query or mutation input variables. See the client usage.

Files upload via a GraphQL multipart request and appear as Upload scalars in resolver arguments.

See the example API and client.

Support

See package.json engines.