# async-graphql
**a high-performance graphql server library that's fully specification compliant**
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_This crate uses `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` to ensure everything is implemented in 100% safe Rust._
## Static schema
```rs
use std::error::Error;
use async_graphql::{http::GraphiQLSource, EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription, Object, Schema};
use async_graphql_poem::*;
use poem::{listener::TcpListener, web::Html, *};
struct Query;
#[Object]
impl Query {
async fn howdy(&self) -> &'static str {
"partner"
}
}
#[handler]
async fn graphiql() -> impl IntoResponse {
Html(GraphiQLSource::build().finish())
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
// create the schema
let schema = Schema::build(Query, EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription).finish();
// start the http server
let app = Route::new().at("/", get(graphiql).post(GraphQL::new(schema)));
println!("GraphiQL: http://localhost:8000");
Server::new(TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:8000"))
.run(app)
.await?;
Ok(())
}
```
## Dynamic schema
Requires the `dynamic-schema` feature to be enabled.
```rs
use std::error::Error;
use async_graphql::{dynamic::*, http::GraphiQLSource};
use async_graphql_poem::*;
use poem::{listener::TcpListener, web::Html, *};
#[handler]
async fn graphiql() -> impl IntoResponse {
Html(GraphiQLSource::build().finish())
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
let query = Object::new("Query").field(Field::new(
"howdy",
TypeRef::named_nn(TypeRef::STRING),
|_| FieldFuture::new(async { "partner" }),
));
// create the schema
let schema = Schema::build(query, None, None).register(query).finish()?;
// start the http server
let app = Route::new().at("/", get(graphiql).post(GraphQL::new(schema)));
println!("GraphiQL: http://localhost:8000");
Server::new(TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:8000"))
.run(app)
.await?;
Ok(())
}
```
## ⚠️Security
I strongly recommend limiting the [complexity and depth](https://async-graphql.github.io/async-graphql/en/depth_and_complexity.html?highlight=complex#limiting-query-complexity) of queries in a production environment to avoid possible DDos attacks.
- [SchemaBuilder.limit_complexity](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/struct.SchemaBuilder.html#method.limit_complexity)
- [SchemaBuilder.limit_depth](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/struct.SchemaBuilder.html#method.limit_depth)
- [SchemaBuilder.limit_directives](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/struct.SchemaBuilder.html#method.limit_directives)
## Features
- Static and dynamic schemas are fully supported
- Fully supports async/await
- Type safety
- Rustfmt friendly (Procedural Macro)
- Custom scalars
- Minimal overhead
- Easy integration ([poem](https://crates.io/crates/poem), [axum](https://crates.io/crates/axum), [actix-web](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web), [tide](https://crates.io/crates/tide), [warp](https://crates.io/crates/warp), [rocket](https://crates.io/crates/rocket) ...)
- Upload files (Multipart request)
- Subscriptions (WebSocket transport)
- Custom extensions
- Error extensions
- Limit query complexity/depth
- Batch queries
- Apollo Persisted Queries
- Apollo Tracing extension
- Apollo Federation(v2)
> **Note**: Minimum supported Rust version: 1.81.0 or later
## Examples
All examples are in the [sub-repository](https://github.com/async-graphql/examples), located in the examples directory.
```shell
git submodule update # update the examples repo
cd examples && cargo run --bin [name]
```
For more information, see the [sub-repository](https://github.com/async-graphql/examples) README.md.
## Integrations
Integrations are what glue `async-graphql` with your web server, here are provided ones, or you can build your own!
- Poem [async-graphql-poem](https://crates.io/crates/async-graphql-poem)
- Actix-web [async-graphql-actix-web](https://crates.io/crates/async-graphql-actix-web)
- Warp [async-graphql-warp](https://crates.io/crates/async-graphql-warp)
- Tide [async-graphql-tide](https://crates.io/crates/async-graphql-tide)
- Rocket [async-graphql-rocket](https://github.com/async-graphql/async-graphql/tree/master/integrations/rocket)
- Axum [async-graphql-axum](https://github.com/async-graphql/async-graphql/tree/master/integrations/axum)
## Crate features
This crate offers the following features. Most are not activated by default, except the integrations of GraphiQL (`graphiql`) and GraphQL Playground (`playground`):
| feature | enables |
|:-------------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **`apollo_tracing`** | Enable the [Apollo tracing extension](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/extensions/struct.ApolloTracing.html). |
| **`apollo_persisted_queries`** | Enable the [Apollo persisted queries extension](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/extensions/apollo_persisted_queries/struct.ApolloPersistedQueries.html). |
| **`boxed-trait`** | Enables [`async-trait`](https://crates.io/crates/async-trait) for all traits. |
| **`bson`** | Integrate with the [`bson` crate](https://crates.io/crates/bson). |
| **`bigdecimal`** | Integrate with the [`bigdecimal` crate](https://crates.io/crates/bigdecimal). |
| **`cbor`** | Support for [serde_cbor](https://crates.io/crates/serde_cbor). |
| **`chrono`** | Integrate with the [`chrono` crate](https://crates.io/crates/chrono). |
| **`chrono-tz`** | Integrate with the [`chrono-tz` crate](https://crates.io/crates/chrono-tz). |
| **`dataloader`** | Support [DataLoader](dataloader/struct.DataLoader.html). |
| **`decimal`** | Integrate with the [`rust_decimal` crate](https://crates.io/crates/rust_decimal). |
| **`dynamic-schema`** | Support dynamic schema |
| **`fast_chemail`** | Integrate with the [`fast_chemail` crate](https://crates.io/crates/fast_chemail). |
| **`graphiql`** | Enables the [GraphiQL IDE](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql) integration |
| **`hashbrown`** | Integrate with the [`hashbrown` crate](https://github.com/rust-lang/hashbrown). |
| **`log`** | Enable the [Logger extension](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/extensions/struct.Logger.html). |
| **`opentelemetry`** | Enable the [OpenTelemetry extension](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/extensions/struct.OpenTelemetry.html). |
| **`playground`** | Enables the [GraphQL playground IDE](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-playground) integration |
| **`rawvalue`** | Support raw values from [`serde_json`](https://crates.io/crates/serde_json) |
| **`secrecy`** | Integrate with the [`secrecy` crate](https://crates.io/crates/secrecy). |
| **`smol_str`** | Integrate with the [`smol_str` crate](https://crates.io/crates/smol_str). |
| **`string_number`** | Enable the [StringNumber](types/struct.StringNumber.html). |
| **`time`** | Integrate with the [`time` crate](https://github.com/time-rs/time). |
| **`tracing`** | Enable the [Tracing extension](https://docs.rs/async-graphql/latest/async_graphql/extensions/struct.Tracing.html). |
| **`tempfile`** | Save the uploaded content in the temporary file. |
| **`tokio-sync`** | Integrate with the [`tokio::sync::RwLock`](https://docs.rs/tokio/1.18.1/tokio/sync/struct.RwLock.html) and [`tokio::sync::Mutex`](https://docs.rs/tokio/1.18.1/tokio/sync/struct.Mutex.html). |
| **`unblock`** | Support [Asynchronous reader for Upload](types/struct.Upload.html) |
| **`uuid`** | Integrate with the [`uuid` crate](https://crates.io/crates/uuid). |
| **`url`** | Integrate with the [`url` crate](https://crates.io/crates/url). |
### Observability
One of the tools used to monitor your graphql server in production is Apollo Studio. Apollo Studio is a cloud platform that helps you build, monitor, validate, and secure your organization's data graph.
Add the extension crate [`async_graphql_apollo_studio_extension`](https://github.com/async-graphql/async_graphql_apollo_studio_extension) to make this avaliable.
## Who's using `async-graphql` in production?
- [Vector](https://vector.dev/)
- [DiveDB](https://divedb.net)
- [Kairos Sports tech](https://kairostech.io/)
- [AxieInfinity](https://axieinfinity.com/)
- [Nando's](https://www.nandos.co.uk/)
- [Prima.it](https://www.prima.it/)
- [VoxJar](https://voxjar.com/)
- [Zenly](https://zen.ly/)
- [Brevz](https://brevz.io/)
- [thorndyke](https://www.thorndyke.ai/)
- [My Data My Consent](https://mydatamyconsent.com/)
## Community Showcase
- [rust-actix-graphql-sqlx-postgresql](https://github.com/camsjams/rust-actix-graphql-sqlx-postgresql)
Using GraphQL with Rust and Apollo Federation
- [entity-rs](https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/entity-rs) A simplistic framework based on TAO, Facebook's distributed database for Social Graph.
- [vimwiki-server](https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/vimwiki-rs/tree/master/vimwiki-server) Provides graphql server to inspect and manipulate vimwiki files.
- [Diana](https://github.com/arctic-hen7/diana) Diana is a GraphQL system for Rust that's designed to work as simply as possible out of the box, without sacrificing configuration ability.
- [cindythink](https://www.cindythink.com/)
- [sudograph](https://github.com/sudograph/sudograph)
## Blog Posts
- [Async GraphQL with Rust](https://formidable.com/blog/2022/async-graphql-with-rust-1/)
- [GraphQL in Rust](https://romankudryashov.com/blog/2020/12/graphql-rust/)
- [How to implement a Rust micro-service using Rocket, GraphQL, PostgreSQL](https://lionkeng.medium.com/how-to-implement-a-rust-micro-service-using-rocket-graphql-postgresql-a3f455f2ae8b)
- [Running GraphQL on Lambda with Rust](https://dylananthony.com/posts/graphql-lambda-rust)
## References
- [GraphQL](https://graphql.org)
- [GraphQL Multipart Request](https://github.com/jaydenseric/graphql-multipart-request-spec)
- [Multipart HTTP protocol for GraphQL subscriptions](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/executing-operations/subscription-multipart-protocol/)
- [GraphQL Cursor Connections Specification](https://facebook.github.io/relay/graphql/connections.htm)
- [GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol](https://github.com/apollographql/subscriptions-transport-ws/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md)
- [Apollo Tracing](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-tracing)
- [Apollo Federation](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/federation/introduction)
## License
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0,
([LICENSE-APACHE](./LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](./LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.