NPS GraphQL API Adapter

Description

This is a recreational programming project to implement a NestJS GraphQL API adapter for the National Parks Service API.

Notes on my initial project setup

The source tree was generated with:

alias nest='npx @nestjs/[email protected]'
nest new nps_graphql

GraphQL dependencies were installed with:

npm i @nestjs/graphql @nestjs/apollo @apollo/server graphql

See Nest GraphQL quick start).

A new module, service, and resolver was added for NPS specific code:

npx nest g module nps
npx nest g service nps
npx nest g resolver nps

Model generation from NPS swagger.json

I found swagger.json by inspecting the browser requests made on the API doc page.

I then converted the Swagger 2 file to OpenAPI 3:

npx swagger2openapi swagger.json > nps_openapi.json

I then generated NestJS GraphQL models in <./src/nps/nps.types.ts> using Github Copilot within VSCode:

"Using #file:nps_openapi.json generate all models in #file:nps.types.ts.

Compile and run the project

# development
$ npm run start

# watch mode
$ npm run start:dev

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod

You can then visit the GraphQL Playground in your browser:

http://localhost:3000/graphql

Run tests

# unit tests
$ npm run test

# e2e tests
$ npm run test:e2e

# test coverage
$ npm run test:cov

Deployment

When you're ready to deploy your NestJS application to production, there are some key steps you can take to ensure it runs as efficiently as possible. Check out the deployment documentation for more information.

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$ npm install -g mau
$ mau deploy

With Mau, you can deploy your application in just a few clicks, allowing you to focus on building features rather than managing infrastructure.

License

MIT licensed.