Next.js GraphQL API using Apollo Server 3 and Prisma

**Timestamps:**
00:00 - Installing apollo-server-micro, graphql & micro-cors
00:50 - Defining a GraphQL schema
03:47 - Including a database URL + Seeding the database
05:13 - Creating the GraphQL endpoint
11:45 - Taking a look at Apollo Studio
14:25 - Initializing Prisma Client
17:35 - Updating the resolver
19:04 - Creating the GraphQL context

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[MahmoudAbdelwahab]

Hey friends, one thing I forgot to do is install the `micro` package. Some of you may run into an error because of that

[dinoscheidt]

Guys, I gotta say: You Dev Advocates do an excellent job in providing contained end-to-end examples to smoke test potential use cases without firing up a dev environment myself. Including great audio, time stamps and skipping the whole “everyone is a beginner assumptions so lets explain GraphQL again” mantra. That is very pleasant. We are looking into using Prisma & GraphQL now in a large Machine Learning system to facilitate the schema maintenance and combination for the AI Feature Store so Machine Learning Engineers have a one stop shop for assembling their feature layers at will to experiment and iterate on Machine Learning Models. I would not consider Prisma without having the feeling that it is solid and proven tech — and the content you create provides that feeling despite Prisma being relatively new compared to the world of Apache XYZ alternatives. So good job; greetings from Berlin to Berlin/SF !

[desireed]

Wow!! My mind has exploded in 20min! Great Job!! You are a VERY good instructor!! Thanks!

[prfanator]

One problem of those technologies, that is to much changes... To fast to maintain stable business application.

[heuvije]

thanks for your tutorials. however, it would have been nice to finish the 1st part with postgres db and actually use the db...

[MichaelShingo]

If anyone is wondering how he has syntax highlighting inside the gql``, you need to install the VSCode extension, Apollo GraphQL.

[LewisRidyard]

This was such a well explained, well rounded tutorial. Bookmarked. Great stuff!

[AdityaKarnamGRao]

I was missing the micro cors and broke my head for 2 hours. Finally thanks for the walkthrough it was great and it worked for me. Cheers!

[brandonly]

Awesome!!! Love this so much. Great tutorial, and I absolutely love love love this stack.

[BatgioK]

Great tutorial!! explained all the extra little stuff I was banging my head on for hours. liked subbed commented, Good job

[MatthewHinton]

This is a really good tutorial. PS what VSCode theme are you using?

[timezcooler]

still getting CORS issues about access-control methods.

[adimaralimuddin]

we would love to learn how to setup the right way or right archetecture for building a full nextjs project with best practices. we would love to learn about neo4j, nexus and what makes a better nextjs app... that would be great.

[danielacosta]

Do you have an idea of how many simultaneous accesses your production website supports before it becomes a problem for your DB? Or passing prisma client in the context reuses the instance between calls to your api?

[adimaralimuddin]

prisma-client, apollo-client and apollo-server are sometimes confusing at startup and i missed them up like a lot of times. probably because it is something that you don't do a lot.

[viacheslavshakhnazarov]

how i can get data rom db, not from .ts file?

[carlosdubon]

I have a question. Do I have to create a GraphQL schema and a Prisma schema. Or is there a way to codegen one (GQL Schema or Prisma schema) based on the other.

For eg. If I already have a Prisma Schema can I run a CLI command that codegens the GQL Schema for me?

I'm new to both of these technologies and I'm wondering if it's a best practice to create 2 schemas. Because we lose the "single source of truth". And it's as against the "don't repeat yourself" principle as well.

[trenom]

Sorry but I was just wondering, why use GraphQL to fetch only the data we want when Prisma allows us to do the same thing with their select and include APIs?

[liltripple_reid]

hey I'm getting a weird error that says 'error - Error: called start() with surprising state started' any ideas?

[ntro-p]

Super solid video! Using it to set up my project. One uncertainty I have though, isn't micro not designed to be used in serverless environments? They have a disclaimer for it in their readme

I guess futhering my question, why is micro being used here rather than apollo-server + cors ?