Hasura GraphQL Engine on Heroku
Hasura GraphQL Engine is a blazing-fast GraphQL server that gives you β‘ instant, realtime GraphQL APIs over Postgres, with webhook triggers on database events for asynchronous business logic.
Hasura helps you build GraphQL apps backed by Postgres or incrementally move to GraphQL for existing applications using Postgres.
Deploy Hasura GraphQL Engine on Heroku and get a GraphQL endpoint in under 30 seconds π
Read more at hasura.io and the docs.
Quickstart
1. Deploy to Heroku
Deploy to Heroku and instantly get a realtime GraphQL API backed by Heroku Postgres:
2. Open Hasura Console
Once the deployment is complete, click on the View button as marked above.
This will take you to the Hasura Console, where you can connect your database, create a table and make
your first GraphQL query.
3. Connect a database
Head to the Data tab on the console and connect your database. If you do not have an existing database, you can connect to the
Heroku Postgres database that was set up with your deployment using the DATABASE_URL env var.
4. Create a table
Navigate to Data -> Create table on the console and create a table called
profile with the following columns:
| name | type |
|---|---|
id |
Integer (auto-increment) |
name |
Text |
Choose id as the Primary key and click the Create button.
5. Insert sample data
Once the table is created, go to the Insert Row tab and insert some sample
rows:
Thor
Iron Man
Hulk
Captain America
Black Widow
6. Try out GraphQL
Switch to the GraphiQL tab on top and execute the following GraphQL query:
query {
profile {
id
name
}
}
Support & Troubleshooting
Feel free to talk to us on Discord about anything and everything. You can also contact us using one of the following channels:
- Support & feedback: Discord
- Issue & bug tracking: GitHub issues
- Follow product updates: @HasuraHQ
- Talk to us on our website chat.
Next steps
- Using an existing Heroku database
- Securing your GraphQL Endpoint
- Checking GraphQL Engine logs
- Updating to the latest version