Recipes API

A GraphQL API for recipes.

The API is hosted at: https://poetic-plates-recipes-api.herokuapp.com/

You can use the Sandbox Explorer to run queries. Head to https://studio.apollographql.com/sandbox and connect to the API https://poetic-plates-recipes-api.herokuapp.com/.

To learn how to use this API to get started with GraphOS, check out our Odyssey course.

Deploying to Railway

You can deploy your own copy of this using Railway!

Running locally

1. Clone the repo.
2. Run the following:

npm install
npm run dev

1. Open up http://localhost:4001 to access Apollo Sandbox.

2. Run a few test queries:

query GetRandomRecipe {
  randomRecipe {
    id
    name
    cookingTime
    prepTime
    servings
    instructions
    readyTime
    ingredients {
      text
    }
  }
}

query GetRecipePage {
  recipe(id: "recOZrH0RhjSjATBp") {
    id
    name
    cookingTime
    prepTime
    readyTime
    servings
    instructions
    ingredients {
      text
    }
  }
  recentlyAddedRecipes {
    name
    cookingTime
    servings
  }
}

Getting Help

For any issues or problems concerning the course content, please refer to the Odyssey topic in our community forums.