README.md

My solution to OCS Technical Challenge.

Table of Contents:

• Tools
• Installation and Usage
• Guide on Query Usage
• Pagination
• Project Limitations
• Debugging issues with tests

Tools

• Node.js
• Graphql
• Typescript
• Apollo Graphql Server
• Dotenv
• Jest
• Nodemon

Installation and Usage

Use the package manager npm for installation.

• Clone this repo
• Navigate to the root directory where package.json is located.
• Create a .env file in the src folder, add the two required parameters (PANDASCORE_API_KEY and NODE_ENV) e.g: PANDASCORE_API_KEY=valid_pandascore_api_key
• Run npm install to install dependencies and devDependencies
• Run npm run test to run the tests
• Run npm run dev to run the app in local dev environment -- Server runs at http://localhost:4000/ -- You can also use the Apollo Graphal playground to explore at https://studio.apollographql.com/sandbox

Guide on Query Usage

There are currently 7 active queries.

Query points

• players(limit: int, page: int):- Return a list of players

query Players($limit: Int, $page: Int) {
    players(limit: $limit, page: $page) {
      id
      slug
      birth_year
      birthday
      team {
        id
        slug
      }
      videogame {
        id
        slug
      }
      first_name
      last_name
      name
      nationality
      image_url
    }
  }

Variables:
{
    limit: 10
    page: 1
}

• player(id: int):- Return a single team

query Player($id: ID!) {
    player(id: $id) {
      id
      slug
      birth_year
      birthday
      team {
        id
        slug
      }
      videogame {
        id
        slug
      }
      first_name
      last_name
      name
      nationality
      image_url
    }
  }

Variables:

{
    id: 1
}

• teams:- Return a list of teams

query Teams {
    teams {
      id
      slug
      acronym
      name
      location
      players {
        id
        slug
      }
      image_url
      videogame {
        id
        slug
      }
    }
  }

• team(id: int):- Return a single team

query Team($id: ID!) {
    team(id: $id) {
      id
      slug
      acronym
      name
      location
      image_url
      videogame {
        id
        slug
      }
      players {
        id
        slug
      }
    }
  }

Variables

{
    id: 131007
}

• videogames:- Returns a list of video games

query Videogames {
    videogames {
      id
      slug
      name
      description {
        title
        text
      }
      players {
        id
        slug
      }
    }
  }

• videogame(id: int):- Returns a single video game

query Videogame($id: ID!) {
    videogame(id: $id) {
      id
      slug
      name
      description {
        title
        text
      }
      players {
        id
        slug
      }
    }
  }

{
    id: 1
}

• featured:- Returns random players and teams

query Featured {

query Featured {
    featured {
      ... on Player {
        id
        slug
        birth_year
        birthday
        team {
          id
          slug
        }
        videogame {
          id
          slug
        }
        first_name
        last_name
        name
        nationality
        image_url
      }
      ... on Team {
        id
        slug
        acronym
        name
        location
        players {
          id
          slug
        }
        image_url
        videogame_by_team: videogame {
          id
          slug
        }
      }
    }
  }

Pagination

• There is pagination for players list endpoints with a preset of 10 objects per page. The pagination utilizes a page format.

Project Limitations

• There could be possibility of catching more advance edge cases and validations as well as error handling
• End-to-end test

Debugging issues with tests

• Ensure that a valid Pandascore API Key is set and the NODE ENV is also set
• Clear out the snapshot src/tests/snapshots/resolvers.test.ts.snap