jonndoe / django-graphql-react-demo

Introduce how to use GraphQL to connect Django and React

Django-GraphQL-React-Demo

Introduce how to use GraphQL to connect Django and React

Audience

The project is intended for engineers who want to know how to use GraphQL to connect Django and React. There is a basic GraphQL server in backend directory and GraphQL client in frontend directory. If you want to know the details, you can read the following Medium articles.

Medium

• Django + GraphQL + React — 1. Integrate GraphQL into your Django project
• Django + GraphQL + React — 2. Integrate GraphQL into your React project

Demo Images

• Django - GraphiQL - Mutation:
  
• Django - GraphiQL - Query:
  
• React - Mutation & Query:
  

Backend

• Directory: backend
• Language: Python3
• Framework: Django

Set Up

• cd backend
• virtualenv venv
• source venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• cd myproject
• python manage.py migrate
• python manage.py runserver
• Visit http://localhost:8000/graphql

Frontend

• Directory: frontend
• Library: React

Set Up

• cd frontend/app
• npm install
• npm start
• Visit http://localhost:3000