Apollo CLI

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[2023-03-29] Note - all apollo service:* commands will reach end-of-life on April 28th, 2023. Refer to this blog post for more details.

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[2022-07-07] Are you here for codegen? We highly recommend using graphql-code-generator instead. Codegen in this repo is no longer supported and will be removed completely in a future version. For additional migration details, please see this fantastic writeup by @dotansimha: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-tooling/issues/2053

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[2022-01-21] Note - Upcoming Deprecation Plans: We (Apollo) are working towards fully deprecating this repository and its related projects. Most of the functionality in this repository has been replaced by newer projects and the rest will be soon. We'll share detailed migration documentation when everything here is ready to be officially deprecated, but just a heads up in case you're planning on adopting anything here for a new project (which you still can of course if the tooling here works for you - support for this tooling will be minimal however).

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[2021-07-23] Note - Housekeeping: Apollo's GraphQL VSCode extension is no longer housed in this repository. It is now maintained separately in this repo.

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Apollo CLI brings together your GraphQL clients and servers with tools for validating your schema, linting your operations for compatibility with your server, and generating static types for improved client-side type safety.

• Apollo CLI
• Usage
• Commands
• Configuration
• Code Generation
• Contributing

Usage

Disclaimer: The following API documentation is only for the latest version released on NPM, and may not be accurate for previous or future versions.

$ npm install -g apollo
$ apollo COMMAND
running command...
$ apollo (-v|--version|version)
apollo/2.33.11 darwin-arm64 node-v16.14.2
$ apollo --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
  $ apollo COMMAND
...

Commands

• apollo client:check
• apollo client:codegen [OUTPUT]
• apollo client:download-schema OUTPUT
• apollo client:extract OUTPUT
• apollo client:push
• apollo help [COMMAND]
• apollo plugins
• apollo plugins:inspect PLUGIN...
• apollo plugins:install PLUGIN...
• apollo plugins:link PLUGIN
• apollo plugins:uninstall PLUGIN...
• apollo plugins:update
• apollo service:check
• apollo service:delete
• apollo service:download OUTPUT
• apollo service:list
• apollo service:push

apollo client:check

Check a client project against a pushed service

USAGE
  $ apollo client:check

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config
      Path to your Apollo config file

  -g, --graph=graph
      The ID for the graph in Apollo to operate client commands with.
      Overrides config file if set.

  -v, --variant=variant
      The variant of the graph in Apollo to associate this client to

  --clientName=clientName
      Name of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --clientReferenceId=clientReferenceId
      Reference id for the client which will match ids from client traces,
      will use clientName if not provided

  --clientVersion=clientVersion
      The version of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --endpoint=endpoint
      The URL for the CLI use to introspect your service

  --excludes=excludes
      Glob of files to exclude for GraphQL operations. Caveat: this doesn't
      currently work in watch mode

  --header=header
      Additional header to send during introspection. May be used multiple
      times to add multiple headers. NOTE: The `--endpoint` flag is REQUIRED
      if using the `--header` flag.

  --includes=includes
      Glob of files to search for GraphQL operations. This should be used to
      find queries *and* any client schema extensions

  --key=key
      The API key to use for authentication to Apollo

  --queries=queries
      Deprecated in favor of the includes flag

  --tagName=tagName
      Name of the template literal tag used to identify template literals
      containing GraphQL queries in Javascript/Typescript code

See code: src/commands/client/check.ts

apollo client:codegen [OUTPUT]

Generate static types for GraphQL queries. Can use the published schema in the Apollo registry or a downloaded schema.

USAGE
  $ apollo client:codegen [OUTPUT]

ARGUMENTS
  OUTPUT
      Directory to which generated files will be written.
      - For TypeScript/Flow generators, this specifies a directory relative
      to each source file by default.
      - For TypeScript/Flow generators with the "outputFlat" flag is set,
      and for the Swift generator, this specifies a file or directory
      (absolute or relative to the current working directory) to which:
      - a file will be written for each query (if "output" is a directory)
      - all generated types will be written
      - For all other types, this defines a file (absolute or relative to
      the current working directory) to which all generated types are
      written.

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config
      Path to your Apollo config file

  -g, --graph=graph
      The ID for the graph in Apollo to operate client commands with.
      Overrides config file if set.

  -v, --variant=variant
      The variant of the graph in Apollo to associate this client to

  --[no-]addTypename
      [default: true] Automatically add __typename to your queries, can be
      unset with --no-addTypename

  --clientName=clientName
      Name of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --clientReferenceId=clientReferenceId
      Reference id for the client which will match ids from client traces,
      will use clientName if not provided

  --clientVersion=clientVersion
      The version of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --customScalarsPrefix=customScalarsPrefix
      Include a prefix when using provided types for custom scalars

  --endpoint=endpoint
      The URL for the CLI use to introspect your service

  --excludes=excludes
      Glob of files to exclude for GraphQL operations. Caveat: this doesn't
      currently work in watch mode

  --globalTypesFile=globalTypesFile
      By default, TypeScript will put a file named "globalTypes.ts" inside
      the "output" directory. Set "globalTypesFile" to specify a different
      path. Alternatively, set "tsFileExtension" to modify the extension of
      the file, for example "d.ts" will output "globalTypes.d.ts"

  --header=header
      Additional header to send during introspection. May be used multiple
      times to add multiple headers. NOTE: The `--endpoint` flag is REQUIRED
      if using the `--header` flag.

  --includes=includes
      Glob of files to search for GraphQL operations. This should be used to
      find queries *and* any client schema extensions

  --key=key
      The API key to use for authentication to Apollo

  --localSchemaFile=localSchemaFile
      Path to one or more local GraphQL schema file(s), as introspection
      result or SDL. Supports comma-separated list of paths (ex.
      `--localSchemaFile=schema.graphql,extensions.graphql`)

  --mergeInFieldsFromFragmentSpreads
      Merge fragment fields onto its enclosing type

  --namespace=namespace
      The namespace to emit generated code into.

  --omitDeprecatedEnumCases
      Omit deprecated enum cases from generated code [Swift only]

  --only=only
      Parse all input files, but only output generated code for the
      specified file [Swift only]

  --operationIdsPath=operationIdsPath
      Path to an operation id JSON map file. If specified, also stores the
      operation ids (hashes) as properties on operation types [currently
      Swift-only]

  --outputFlat
      By default, TypeScript/Flow will put each generated file in a
      directory next to its source file using the value of the "output" as
      the directory name. Set "outputFlat" to put all generated files in the
      directory relative to the current working directory defined by
      "output".

  --passthroughCustomScalars
      Use your own types for custom scalars

  --queries=queries
      Deprecated in favor of the includes flag

  --suppressSwiftMultilineStringLiterals
      Prevents operations from being rendered as multiline strings [Swift
      only]

  --tagName=tagName
      Name of the template literal tag used to identify template literals
      containing GraphQL queries in Javascript/Typescript code

  --target=target
      (required) Type of code generator to use (swift | typescript | flow |
      scala | json | json-modern (exposes raw json types))

  --tsFileExtension=tsFileExtension
      By default, TypeScript will output "ts" files. Set "tsFileExtension"
      to specify a different file extension, for example "d.ts"

  --useFlowExactObjects
      Use Flow exact objects for generated types [flow only]

  --useFlowReadOnlyTypes
      Use read only types for generated types [flow only]. **Deprecated in
      favor of `useReadOnlyTypes`.**

  --useReadOnlyTypes
      Use read only types for generated types [flow | typescript]

  --watch
      Watch for file changes and reload codegen

ALIASES
  $ apollo codegen:generate

See code: src/commands/client/codegen.ts

apollo client:download-schema OUTPUT

Download a schema from Apollo or a GraphQL endpoint in JSON or SDL format

USAGE
  $ apollo client:download-schema OUTPUT

ARGUMENTS
  OUTPUT  [default: schema.json] Path to write the introspection result
          to. Can be `.graphql`, `.gql`, `.graphqls`, or `.json`

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config
      Path to your Apollo config file

  -g, --graph=graph
      The ID for the graph in Apollo to operate client commands with.
      Overrides config file if set.

  -v, --variant=variant
      The variant of the graph in Apollo to associate this client to

  --clientName=clientName
      Name of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --clientReferenceId=clientReferenceId
      Reference id for the client which will match ids from client traces,
      will use clientName if not provided

  --clientVersion=clientVersion
      The version of the client that the queries will be attached to

  --endpoint=endpoint
      The URL for the CLI use to introspect your service

  --excludes=excludes
      Glob of files to exclude for GraphQL operations. Caveat: this doesn't
      currently work in watch mode

  --header=header
      Additional header to send during introspection. May be used multiple
      times to add multiple headers. NOTE: The `--endpoint` fla