How To Auto-Generate a GraphQL Schema, Queries, Mutations, and Subscriptions from a GraphQL API Endpoint

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Generate GraphQL Schema From Endpoint. Generate GraphQL Queries,Mutations,Subscriptions from GraphQL Schema.

Lets cut to the chase, shall we?

a). How to download/fetch/print schema.graphql from GraphQL endpoint?

1. Run get-graphql-schema remotely with npx. Replace the URL obviously 🤷🏿‍♂️

npx get-graphql-schema https://countries.trevorblades.com > schema.graphql

2. A file named schema.graphql is generated in your current working directory.

b). How to generate GraphQL Queries, Mutations, and Subscriptions from GraphQL Schema?

1. Run gql-generator remotely with npx

npx gqlg --schemaFilePath schema.graphql --destDirPath ./queries-mutations_subscriptions --depthLimit 5

2. A folder named queries-mutations_subscriptions is created in your current working directory with queries,mutations, and subscriptions sub-folders inside

c). It’s Done!