ApiOptions

ApiOptions

Package: @vendure/core File: vendure-config.ts

The ApiOptions define how the Vendure GraphQL APIs are exposed, as well as allowing the API layer to be extended with middleware.

Signature

interface ApiOptions {
  hostname?: string;
  port: number;
  adminApiPath?: string;
  shopApiPath?: string;
  adminApiPlayground?: boolean | any;
  shopApiPlayground?: boolean | any;
  adminApiDebug?: boolean;
  shopApiDebug?: boolean;
  channelTokenKey?: string;
  cors?: boolean | CorsOptions;
  middleware?: Array<{ handler: RequestHandler; route: string }>;
  apolloServerPlugins?: PluginDefinition[];
}

Members

hostname

property

type:

string

default:

''

Set the hostname of the server. If not set, the server will be available on localhost.

port

property

type:

number

default:

3000

Which port the Vendure server should listen on.

adminApiPath

property

type:

string

default:

'admin-api'

The path to the admin GraphQL API.

shopApiPath

property

type:

string

default:

'shop-api'

The path to the admin GraphQL API.

adminApiPlayground

property

type:

boolean | any

default:

false

The playground config to the admin GraphQL API ApolloServer playground.

shopApiPlayground

property

type:

boolean | any

default:

false

The playground config to the shop GraphQL API ApolloServer playground.

adminApiDebug

property

type:

boolean

default:

false

The debug config to the admin GraphQL API ApolloServer playground.

shopApiDebug

property

type:

boolean

default:

false

The debug config to the admin GraphQL API ApolloServer playground.

channelTokenKey

property

type:

string

default:

'vendure-token'

The name of the property which contains the token of the active channel. This property can be included either in the request header or as a query string.

cors

property

type:

boolean | CorsOptions

default:

{ origin: true, credentials: true }

Set the CORS handling for the server. See the express CORS docs.

middleware

property

type:

Array<{ handler: RequestHandler; route: string }>

default:

[]

Custom Express middleware for the server.

apolloServerPlugins

property

type:

PluginDefinition[]

default:

[]

Custom ApolloServerPlugins which allow the extension of the Apollo Server, which is the underlying GraphQL server used by Vendure.

Apollo plugins can be used e.g. to perform custom data transformations on incoming operations or outgoing data.