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2 | 2 | title: "Fetching from Databases"
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3 | 3 | ---
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5 |
| -Hi, |
| 5 | +import { ExampleTabs } from "../../../components/mdx/example-tabs" |
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| -We're currently working on the version 11 documentation. Probably right now at this very moment. However, this is an open-source project, and we need any help we can get! You can jump in at any time and help us improve the documentation for hundreds or even thousands of developers! |
| 7 | +In this section, you find a simple example on how you can fetch data from a database and expose it as a GraphQL API. |
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| -In case you might need help, check out our slack channel and get immediate help from the core contributors or the community itself. |
| 9 | +**HotChocolate is not bound to a specific database, pattern or architecture.** |
| 10 | +[We do have a few integrations](/docs/hotchocolate/integrations), that help with a variety of databases, though these are just additions on top of HotChocolate. |
| 11 | +You can couple your business logic close to the GraphQL server, or cleanly decouple your domain layer from the GraphQL layer over abstractions. |
| 12 | +The GraphQL server only knows its schema, types and resolvers, what you do in these resolvers and what types you expose, is up to you. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +In this example, we will directly fetch data from MongoDB in a resolver. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +# Setting up the Query |
| 17 | +The query type in a GraphQL schema is the root type. Each field defined on this type is available at the root of a query. |
| 18 | +If a field is requested, the resolver of the field is called. |
| 19 | +The data of this resolver is used for further execution. |
| 20 | +If you return a scalar, value (e.g. `string`, `int` ...) the value is serialized and added to the response. |
| 21 | +If you return an object, this object is the parent of the resolver in the subtree. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +<ExampleTabs> |
| 24 | +<ExampleTabs.Annotation> |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +```csharp |
| 27 | +// Query.cs |
| 28 | +public class Query |
| 29 | +{ |
| 30 | + public Task<Book?> GetBookById( |
| 31 | + [Service] IMongoCollection<Book> collection, |
| 32 | + Guid id) |
| 33 | + { |
| 34 | + return collection.Find(x => x.Id == id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(); |
| 35 | + } |
| 36 | +} |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +// Book.cs |
| 39 | +public class Book |
| 40 | +{ |
| 41 | + public string Title { get; set; } |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + public string Author { get; set; } |
| 44 | +} |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +// Startup.cs |
| 47 | +public class Startup |
| 48 | +{ |
| 49 | + public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) |
| 50 | + { |
| 51 | + services |
| 52 | + .AddRouting() |
| 53 | + .AddGraphQLServer() |
| 54 | + .AddQueryType<Query>(); |
| 55 | + } |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + // Omitted code for brevity |
| 58 | +} |
| 59 | +``` |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +</ExampleTabs.Annotation> |
| 62 | +<ExampleTabs.Code> |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +```csharp |
| 65 | +// Query.cs |
| 66 | +public class Query |
| 67 | +{ |
| 68 | + public Task<Book?> GetBookById( |
| 69 | + [Service] IMongoCollection<Book> collection, |
| 70 | + Guid id) |
| 71 | + { |
| 72 | + return collection.Find(x => x.Id == id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(); |
| 73 | + } |
| 74 | +} |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +// QueryType.cs |
| 77 | +public class QueryType : ObjectType<Query> |
| 78 | +{ |
| 79 | + protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<Query> descriptor) |
| 80 | + { |
| 81 | + descriptor |
| 82 | + .Field(f => f.GetBookById(default!, default!)) |
| 83 | + .Type<BookType>(); |
| 84 | + } |
| 85 | +} |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +// Book.cs |
| 88 | +public class Book |
| 89 | +{ |
| 90 | + public string Title { get; set; } |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + public string Author { get; set; } |
| 93 | +} |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +// BookType.cs |
| 96 | +public class BookType : ObjectType<Book> |
| 97 | +{ |
| 98 | + protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<Query> descriptor) |
| 99 | + { |
| 100 | + descriptor |
| 101 | + .Field(f => f.Title) |
| 102 | + .Type<StringType>(); |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | + descriptor |
| 105 | + .Field(f => f.Author) |
| 106 | + .Type<StringType>(); |
| 107 | + } |
| 108 | +} |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +// Startup.cs |
| 112 | +public class Startup |
| 113 | +{ |
| 114 | + public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) |
| 115 | + { |
| 116 | + services |
| 117 | + .AddRouting() |
| 118 | + .AddGraphQLServer() |
| 119 | + .AddQueryType<QueryType>(); |
| 120 | + } |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | + // Omitted code for brevity |
| 123 | +} |
| 124 | +``` |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +</ExampleTabs.Code> |
| 127 | +<ExampleTabs.Schema> |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +```csharp |
| 130 | +// Query.cs |
| 131 | +public class Query |
| 132 | +{ |
| 133 | + public Task<Book?> GetBookById( |
| 134 | + [Service] IMongoCollection<Book> collection, |
| 135 | + Guid id) |
| 136 | + { |
| 137 | + return collection.Find(x => x.Id == id).FirstOrDefaultAsync(); |
| 138 | + } |
| 139 | +} |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +// Startup.cs |
| 142 | +public class Startup |
| 143 | +{ |
| 144 | + public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) |
| 145 | + { |
| 146 | + services |
| 147 | + .AddRouting() |
| 148 | + .AddGraphQLServer() |
| 149 | + .AddDocumentFromString(@" |
| 150 | + type Query { |
| 151 | + bookById(id: Uuid): Book |
| 152 | + } |
| 153 | +
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| 154 | + type Book { |
| 155 | + title: String |
| 156 | + author: String |
| 157 | + } |
| 158 | + ") |
| 159 | + .BindComplexType<Query>(); |
| 160 | + } |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | + // Omitted code for brevity |
| 163 | +} |
| 164 | +``` |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | +</ExampleTabs.Schema> |
| 167 | +</ExampleTabs> |
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