A CLI tool for generating GraphQL schemas from Ballerina services and Ballerina code from GraphQL schemas.
Ballerina GraphQL Tools is a command-line interface that facilitates GraphQL development in the Ballerina programming language. It generates GraphQL schemas from Ballerina GraphQL services and creates Ballerina service or client code from GraphQL Schema Definition Language (SDL). This tool helps developers maintain consistency between GraphQL schema definitions and their Ballerina implementations.
Ballerina developers building GraphQL APIs who need to automate schema generation or create service/client stubs from existing GraphQL schemas.
It provides seamless integration between Ballerina and GraphQL ecosystems, reducing manual translation errors and accelerating development through automated code generation.
Maintain the source code for GraphQL related tools.
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Automates both schema extraction from Ballerina services and service/client skeleton creation from GraphQL SDL, reducing manual translation errors as emphasized in the README's pragmatic approach.
Generates separate Ballerina modules for multiple GraphQL APIs from a single configuration file, enabling efficient management of diverse GraphQL endpoints in one workflow.
Supports local schema files and remote GraphQL endpoints with authentication headers, allowing developers to work with both static and live APIs seamlessly.
Uses YAML configuration files for client generation, making it easy to version-control and replicate setups across teams or environments.
The client generation feature is explicitly labeled as experimental with limited functionality, making it risky for production use without thorough testing and potential workarounds.
The tool is designed exclusively for Ballerina, so it cannot be used in polyglot projects or with other programming languages, limiting its versatility.
Setting up multi-project or authenticated endpoints requires detailed YAML configurations, which can be cumbersome for simple use cases and adds a learning curve.
As admitted in the README, experimental features like client generation support only a subset of GraphQL capabilities, potentially missing advanced types or operations.