Prisma Apollo Server Express

Boilerplate Web Application project for setting up Prisma with an Apollo GraphQL server and an Express frontend web server.

Prisma is a database abstraction layer that provides a unified interface for access to different types of databases. It offers an easy-to-use API that can be used to query data from any connected database.

Apollo is a Node.js based server that provides a back end for the GraphQL application. It is used here to connect databases and create the framework for creating APIs and microservices.

Express is a Node.js web server. It provides a set of tools for building a front end web applications to interact with the application datastores via APIs.

Getting started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/JoNilsson/prisma-apollo-server-express.git

2. Install dependencies

cd prisma-apollo-server-express
yarn

3. Set up your database

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your Prisma and database credentials

4. Run Prisma to generate the Prisma client

yarn run prisma:generate

5. Run the Apollo server

yarn start

The Apollo server is now running on http://localhost:4000.

Navigate to http://localhost:4444 in your browser to access the GraphQL playground.