Build a URL Shortener using React, Apollo and GraphQL
Build a URL Shortener using React, Apollo and GraphQL
About the Book
Learn how to build a simple URL shortener using React, Apollo and GraphQL. This ebook will help you quickly get started with React, Apollo and Graphcool - a managed GraphQL service. You will learn how to create a new React app and install all prerequisites that are needed to start using Apollo and GraphQL. You will create multiple components that fetch and display data using GraphQL queries, create serverless functions using Graphcool and implement login and signup functionality for the project.
About the Authors
Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Intended Audience
- Source Code
- How To Use This Book
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Introduction
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I Getting Started
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1. Development Setup
- 1.1 Prerequisites
- 1.2 Creating the Project
- 1.3 Setting up GraphQL
- 1.4 Setting up Apollo
- 1.5 Building React Components
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1. Development Setup
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II Working with GraphQL
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2. Queries, Mutations and Subscriptions
- 2.1 Using GraphQL Queries
- 2.2 Using GraphQL Mutations
- 2.3 Using GraphQL Subscriptions
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2. Queries, Mutations and Subscriptions
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III Serverless Functions
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3. Creating Serverless Hashing Function
- 3.1 Before and After Operations
- 3.2 Subscriptions
- 3.3 Resolvers
- 3.4 Choosing the Function Type
- 3.5 Using Subscription to Implement the Hash Function
- 3.6 Testing the Function
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4. React Router
- 4.1 Routing Setup
- 4.2 Tracking Clicks
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3. Creating Serverless Hashing Function
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IV User Authentication
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- 4.3 Login and Sign-Up React Components
- 4.4 Adding Auth Support to Graphcool Service
- 4.5 Add the template
- 4.6 Sign me up!
- 4.7 Log me in!
- 4.8 Add Authorization Token to Apollo
- 4.9 Linking Data Models
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V Deployment
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- 4.10 Environment Variables
- 4.11 Building our React app
- 4.12 Deployment
- About The Authors
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