ExpressGQL

Express GraphQL Server with Lusca and DDoS Rate Limiting

Prerequisites

• Node v8+
• Yarn (prefered) or NPM
• Port 8888 Open and Accessible

Quick Start

• Fetch the code using git or wget
• While in the app directory, yarn or npm install to setup
• Once complete, yarn start or npm start to launch the server
• Navigate to :8888 in your browser to query using GraphiQL

[Optional] To keep ExpressGQL up and running behind the scenes, checkout PM2.

Config Options

The following options can be passed in at runtime as ENV variables:

• SESSION_SECRET: Either a string or array of secrets used to sign the session ID cookie (If array: first is used to sign, others are used to verify)
• LOGGING: If true, a graphql.log will be created for incoming site requests using Morgan logging
• RATE_LIMIT: If true, enables DDoS and RateLimit protections through Express
• PORT: If set, an alternate port will be used when starting ExpressHTTP. Otherwise, the default of 8888 will be used.