Generation of code from SDL (without connection to the GraphQL server)

[obabichev]

First of all, thank you for the library, I was using it during the last weeks for creating E2E API tests.

But during the usage and reading the documentation I found the only way to generate the code using the existing GraphQL server. Actually, one of gradle tasks graphqlIntrospectSchema, graphqlDownloadSDL(depending on configuration) runs always during the build, and I have not found a way to avoid it.

So the question is it possible to generate the whole client code without exiting the running GraphQL server?

[dariuszkuc]

Hello 👋
If you are using graphql Gradle plugin extension then yes it is equivalent of running introspect/download SDL followed by client generation (see https://expediagroup.github.io/graphql-kotlin/docs/plugins/gradle-plugin#complete-configuration-example). There is no way to configure client generation to use local file when using the extension. Instead you will need to configure the individual task.

See #905 for details.

[obabichev]

Thank you a lot, I still have to specify endpoint in build.gradle.kts, but it's small problem, I can put any magic value, and snipped like

val graphqlGenerateClient by tasks.getting(com.expediagroup.graphql.plugin.gradle.tasks.GraphQLGenerateClientTask::class) {
    packageName.set("com.smth.generated")
    schemaFile.set(file("schema.graphql"))
}

val graphqlIntrospectSchema by tasks.getting(com.expediagroup.graphql.plugin.gradle.tasks.GraphQLIntrospectSchemaTask::class) {
    enabled = false
}

helped me.

[dariuszkuc]

If you configure the tasks as above then there is no need to use the extension (also if you don't use the extension you won't have to explicitly disable the introspection task either as it won't be configured).