Creating a ToDo application with Micronaut GraphQL

Build a TODO application with Micronaut GraphQL.

Authors: Sergio del Amo, Tim Yates

Micronaut Version: 4.6.3

1. Getting Started

In this guide, you will create a Micronaut application written in Kotlin that uses GraphQL to create a todo application.

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.

You will be using:

A PostgreSQL instance provided by Test Resources and running in Docker.
Micronaut Data to persist our ToDos to this database.
Flyway to handle our database migrations.
Micronaut GraphQL to expose our data.
Testcontainers to run a PostgreSQL instance for local dev, and tests.

The application will expose a GraphQL endpoint at /graphql for the data to be consumed and modified.

2. What you will need

To complete this guide, you will need the following:

Some time on your hands
A decent text editor or IDE (e.g. IntelliJ IDEA)
JDK 17 or greater installed with JAVA_HOME configured appropriately

3. Solution

We recommend that you follow the instructions in the next sections and create the application step by step. However, you can go right to the completed example.

Download and unzip the source

4. Writing the Application

Create an application using the Micronaut Command Line Interface or with Micronaut Launch.

mn create-app example.micronaut.micronautguide \
    --features=graphql,data-jdbc,flyway,postgres,validation,graalvm \
    --build=gradle \
    --lang=kotlin \
    --test=junit

If you don’t specify the --build argument, Gradle with the Kotlin DSL is used as the build tool.
If you don’t specify the --lang argument, Java is used as the language.
If you don’t specify the --test argument, JUnit is used for Java and Kotlin, and Spock is used for Groovy.

The previous command creates a Micronaut application with the default package example.micronaut in a directory named micronautguide.

If you use Micronaut Launch, select Micronaut Application as application type and add graphql, data-jdbc, flyway, postgres, validation, and graalvm features.

If you have an existing Micronaut application and want to add the functionality described here, you can view the dependency and configuration changes from the specified features, and apply those changes to your application.

Diff

Setup IntelliJ IDEA to develop Micronaut Applications.

5. Persistence layer

5.1. Database Migration with Flyway

We need a way to create the database schema. For that, we use Micronaut integration with Flyway.

Flyway automates schema changes, significantly simplifying schema management tasks, such as migrating, rolling back, and reproducing in multiple environments.

Add the following snippet to include the necessary dependencies:

build.gradle

implementation("io.micronaut.flyway:micronaut-flyway")

We will enable Flyway in the Micronaut configuration file and configure it to perform migrations on one of the defined data sources.

src/main/resources/application.properties

(1)
flyway.datasources.default.enabled=true

1	Enable Flyway for the `default` datasource.

Configuring multiple data sources is as simple as enabling Flyway for each one. You can also specify directories that will be used for migrating each data source. Review the Micronaut Flyway documentation for additional details.

Flyway migration will be automatically triggered before your Micronaut application starts. Flyway will read migration commands in the resources/db/migration/ directory, execute them if necessary, and verify that the configured data source is consistent with them.

Create the following migration files with the database schema creation:

src/main/resources/db/migration/V1__schema.sql

CREATE TABLE author (1)
(
    id       BIGINT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY,
    username VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE to_do (2)
(
    id        BIGINT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY,
    title     VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    completed BOOLEAN      NOT NULL,
    author_id BIGINT REFERENCES author (id)
);

1	Authors will be stored in table separate to the ToDos. They just have a username.
2	ToDos have a title, completion status, and a foreign-key reference to the author.

5.2. Entities

Create an Entity class to represent an Author:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/Author.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.data.annotation.GeneratedValue
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.GeneratedValue.Type.AUTO
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.Id
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.MappedEntity
import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull

@MappedEntity (1)
class Author(val username: @NotNull String?) {

    @Id (2)
    @GeneratedValue(AUTO)
    var id: Long? = null
}

1	Annotate the class with `@MappedEntity` to map the class to the table defined in the schema.
2	Specifies the ID of an entity

And another to represent a ToDo:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/ToDo.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.data.annotation.GeneratedValue
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.GeneratedValue.Type.AUTO
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.Id
import io.micronaut.data.annotation.MappedEntity

@MappedEntity (1)
class ToDo(var title: String, val authorId: Long) {

    @Id (2)
    @GeneratedValue(AUTO)
    var id: Long? = null

    var completed = false
}

1	Annotate the class with `@MappedEntity` to map the class to the table defined in the schema.
2	Specifies the ID of an entity

5.3. Repositories

Create a JdbcRepository for each of our Entity classes.

The simplest of these is the ToDoRepository which just requires the default methods:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/ToDoRepository.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.data.jdbc.annotation.JdbcRepository
import io.micronaut.data.model.query.builder.sql.Dialect.POSTGRES
import io.micronaut.data.repository.PageableRepository

@JdbcRepository(dialect = POSTGRES) (1)
interface ToDoRepository : PageableRepository<ToDo, Long> (2)

1	`@JdbcRepository` with a specific dialect.
2	By extending `CrudRepository` you enable automatic generation of CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.

Then create a Repository for the Authors. This requires extra finders for this to simplify the GraphQL wiring in the next step:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/AuthorRepository.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.data.jdbc.annotation.JdbcRepository
import io.micronaut.data.model.query.builder.sql.Dialect.POSTGRES
import io.micronaut.data.repository.CrudRepository

@JdbcRepository(dialect = POSTGRES) (1)
abstract class AuthorRepository : CrudRepository<Author, Long> { (2)

    abstract fun findByUsername(username: String): Author? (3)

    abstract fun findByIdIn(ids: Collection<Long>): Collection<Author> (4)

    fun findOrCreate(username: String): Author { (5)
        return findByUsername(username) ?: save(Author(username))
    }
}

1	`@JdbcRepository` with a specific dialect.
2	By extending `CrudRepository` you enable automatic generation of CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.
3	When creating todos a method is required to search for an exisiting username.
4	When GraphQL loads a ToDo, it use this to fetch the authors if they are required in the response.
5	Find an existing author, or else create a new one when creating a ToDo.

6. GraphQL

The initial Micronaut application create-app step already added the GraphQL dependency:

build.gradle

implementation("io.micronaut.graphql:micronaut-graphql")

So the default GraphQL endpoint /graphql is enabled, and extra configuration is not required.

6.1. Describe your schema

Create the file schema.graphqls:

src/main/resources/schema.graphqls

type Query {
    toDos: [ToDo!]! (1)
}

type Mutation {
    createToDo(title: String!, author: String!): ToDo  (2)
    completeToDo(id: ID!): Boolean!  (3)
}

type ToDo { (4)
    id: ID!
    title: String!
    completed: Boolean!
    author: Author!
}

type Author { (5)
    id: ID!
    username: String!
}

1	Declare a `toDos` query function to fetch all the todos as a list.
2	Declare a `createToDo` mutation function to create and return a new ToDo.
3	Declare a `completeToDo` mutation function to mark a ToDo as done (and return a boolean indicating success).
4	Declare a `ToDo` type.
5	Declare an `Author` type.

6.2. Data Fetchers

For each query and mutator in the schema, create a DataFetcher which will bind the GraphQL schema to our domain model. These will execute the appropriate queries in the datastore.

6.2.1. Queries

Create class ToDosDataFetcher to implement the toDos query:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/ToDosDataFetcher.kt

package example.micronaut

import graphql.schema.DataFetcher
import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment
import jakarta.inject.Singleton

@Singleton (1)
class ToDosDataFetcher(
    private val toDoRepository: ToDoRepository (2)
) : DataFetcher<Iterable<ToDo?>> {

    override fun get(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): Iterable<ToDo?> {
        return toDoRepository.findAll()
    }
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Use constructor injection to inject a bean of type `ToDoRepository`.

6.2.2. Mutations

Create CreateToDoDataFetcher for the creation of ToDos:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/CreateToDoDataFetcher.kt

package example.micronaut

import graphql.schema.DataFetcher
import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment
import jakarta.inject.Singleton
import jakarta.transaction.Transactional

@Singleton (1)
open class CreateToDoDataFetcher(
    private val toDoRepository: ToDoRepository,  (2)
    private val authorRepository: AuthorRepository
) : DataFetcher<ToDo> {

    @Transactional
    override fun get(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): ToDo {
        val title = env.getArgument<String>("title")!!
        val username = env.getArgument<String>("author")!!
        val author = authorRepository.findOrCreate(username) (3)
        val toDo = ToDo(title, author.id!!)
        return toDoRepository.save(toDo) (4)
    }
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Use constructor injection to inject a bean of type `ToDoRepository`.
3	Find the existing author or create a new one.
4	Persist the new ToDo.

And CompleteToDoDataFetcher to mark ToDos as complete:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/CompleteToDoDataFetcher.kt

package example.micronaut

import graphql.schema.DataFetcher
import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment
import jakarta.inject.Singleton

@Singleton (1)
class CompleteToDoDataFetcher(
    private val toDoRepository: ToDoRepository (2)
) : DataFetcher<Boolean> {

    override fun get(env: DataFetchingEnvironment): Boolean {
        val id = env.getArgument<String>("id")!!.toLong()

        return toDoRepository
            .findById(id) (3)
            .map { todo -> setCompletedAndUpdate(todo!!) }
            .orElse(false)
    }

    private fun setCompletedAndUpdate(todo: ToDo): Boolean {
        todo.completed = true (4)
        toDoRepository.update(todo) (5)
        return true
    }
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Use constructor injection to inject a bean of type `ToDoRepository`.
3	Find the existing ToDo based on its id.
4	If found, set completed.
5	And update the version in the database.

6.2.3. Wiring

GraphQL allows data to be fetched on demand. In this example, a user may request a list of ToDos, but not require the author to be populated. A method is required to optionally load Authors based on their ID.

To do this, register a DataLoader that finds authors based on a collection of ids:

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/AuthorDataLoader.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.scheduling.TaskExecutors
import jakarta.inject.Named
import jakarta.inject.Singleton
import org.dataloader.MappedBatchLoader
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService

@Singleton (1)
class AuthorDataLoader(
    private val authorRepository: AuthorRepository,
    @Named(TaskExecutors.BLOCKING) val executor: ExecutorService (2)
) : MappedBatchLoader<Long, Author> {

    override fun load(keys: MutableSet<Long>): CompletionStage<Map<Long, Author>> =
        CompletableFuture.supplyAsync({
            authorRepository
                .findByIdIn(keys.toList())
                .associateBy { it.id!! }
        }, executor)
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Inject the `IO` executor service.

This is registered in the DataLoaderRegistry under the key author

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/DataLoaderRegistryFactory.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Factory
import io.micronaut.runtime.http.scope.RequestScope
import org.dataloader.DataLoader
import org.dataloader.DataLoaderRegistry
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

@Factory (1)
class DataLoaderRegistryFactory {

    companion object {
        private val LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DataLoaderRegistryFactory::class.java)
    }

    @Suppress("unused")
    @RequestScope (2)
    fun dataLoaderRegistry(authorDataLoader: AuthorDataLoader): DataLoaderRegistry {
        val dataLoaderRegistry = DataLoaderRegistry()
        dataLoaderRegistry.register(
            "author",
            DataLoader.newMappedDataLoader(authorDataLoader)
        ) (3)

        LOG.trace("Created new data loader registry")

        return dataLoaderRegistry
    }

}

1	A class annotated with the `@Factory` annotated is a factory. It provides one or more methods annotated with a bean scope annotation (e.g. `@Singleton`). Read more about Bean factories.
2	This registry has request scope, so a new one will be created for every request.
3	Register the AuthorDataLoader whenever the loader for `"author"` is requested.

Add an AuthorDataFetcher which requests and uses this loader to populate a ToDo if the author when required.

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/AuthorDataFetcher.kt

package example.micronaut

import graphql.schema.DataFetcher
import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment
import jakarta.inject.Singleton
import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage

@Singleton (1)
class AuthorDataFetcher : DataFetcher<CompletionStage<Author>> {

    override fun get(environment: DataFetchingEnvironment): CompletionStage<Author> {
        val toDo: ToDo = environment.getSource()!!
        val authorDataLoader = environment.getDataLoader<Long, Author>("author")!! (2)
        return authorDataLoader.load(toDo.authorId)
    }
}

1	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
2	Uses the author data loader defined above in the Factory.

6.3. GraphQL Factory

Finally, create a factory class that will bind the GraphQL schema to the code, types and fetchers.

src/main/kotlin/example/micronaut/GraphQLFactory.kt

package example.micronaut

import graphql.GraphQL
import graphql.schema.idl.*
import graphql.schema.idl.errors.SchemaMissingError
import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Factory
import io.micronaut.core.io.ResourceResolver
import jakarta.inject.Singleton
import java.io.BufferedReader
import java.io.InputStreamReader

@Factory (1)
class GraphQLFactory {

    @Singleton (2)
    fun graphQL(
        resourceResolver: ResourceResolver,
        toDosDataFetcher: ToDosDataFetcher,
        createToDoDataFetcher: CreateToDoDataFetcher,
        completeToDoDataFetcher: CompleteToDoDataFetcher,
        authorDataFetcher: AuthorDataFetcher
    ): GraphQL {
        val schemaParser = SchemaParser()
        val schemaGenerator = SchemaGenerator()

        // Load the schema
        val schemaDefinition = resourceResolver
            .getResourceAsStream("classpath:schema.graphqls")
            .orElseThrow { SchemaMissingError() }

        // Parse the schema and merge it into a type registry
        val typeRegistry = TypeDefinitionRegistry()
        typeRegistry.merge(schemaParser.parse(BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(schemaDefinition))))

        // Create the runtime wiring.
        val runtimeWiring = RuntimeWiring.newRuntimeWiring()
            .type("Query") { typeWiring: TypeRuntimeWiring.Builder ->  (3)
                typeWiring
                    .dataFetcher("toDos", toDosDataFetcher)
            }
            .type("Mutation") { typeWiring: TypeRuntimeWiring.Builder ->  (4)
                typeWiring
                    .dataFetcher("createToDo", createToDoDataFetcher)
                    .dataFetcher("completeToDo", completeToDoDataFetcher)
            }
            .type("ToDo") { typeWiring: TypeRuntimeWiring.Builder ->  (5)
                typeWiring
                    .dataFetcher("author", authorDataFetcher)
            }
            .build()

        // Create the executable schema.
        val graphQLSchema = schemaGenerator.makeExecutableSchema(typeRegistry, runtimeWiring)

        // Return the GraphQL bean.
        return GraphQL.newGraphQL(graphQLSchema).build()
    }
}

1	A class annotated with the `@Factory` annotated is a factory. It provides one or more methods annotated with a bean scope annotation (e.g. `@Singleton`). Read more about Bean factories.
2	Use `jakarta.inject.Singleton` to designate a class as a singleton.
3	Wire up the query behavior.
4	Wire up each mutators.
5	Wire up how to populate a ToDo with authors if they are requested.

7. Test Resources

When the application is started locally — either under test or by running the application — resolution of the datasource URL is detected and the Test Resources service will start a local PostgreSQL docker container, and inject the properties required to use this as the datasource.

For more information, see the JDBC section of the Test Resources documentation.

8. Running the Application

To run the application, use the ./gradlew run command, which starts the application on port 8080.

When the application first runs, you will see in the logs that the migrations have been performed.

9. Test the application

9.1. Manual smoke tests

Formulate a GraphQL query to retrieve all the current ToDos (there will be none to start with)

Query

query {
  toDos {
    title,
    completed,
    author {
       username
    }
  }
}

Run the following cURL request:

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/graphql' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data-binary '{"query":"{ toDos { title, completed, author { username } } }"}'

Response

{"data":{"toDos":[]}}

Create a ToDo, by issuing a mutation query and return the ID of the newly created ToDo:

GraphQL Query

mutation {
  createToDo(title: "Create GraphQL Guide", author: "Tim Yates") {
    id
  }
}

Which translates to this cURL command:

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/graphql' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data-binary '{"query":"mutation { createToDo(title:\"Create GraphQL Guide\", author:\"Tim Yates\") { id } }"}'

Response

{"data":{"createToDo":{"id":"1"}}}

This new ToDo then appears in the list of all ToDos with completed set to false:

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/graphql' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data-binary '{"query":"{ toDos { title, completed, author { username } } }"}'

Response

{"data":{"toDos":[{"title":"Create GraphQL Guide","completed":false,"author":{"username":"Tim Yates"}}]}}

Mark it as completed by using this query with the ID from above:

GraphQL query

mutation {
  completeToDo(id: 1)
}

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/graphql' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data-binary '{"query":"mutation { completeToDo(id: 1) }"}'

Response

{"data":{"completeToDo":true}}

Check this has been persisted in our model:

Query

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/graphql' \
     -H 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data-binary '{"query":"{ toDos { title, completed } }"}'

Response

{"data":{"toDos":[{"title":"Create GraphQL Guide","completed":true}]}}

9.2. Automated tests

For testing the application use the Micronaut HTTP Client to send a POST request to the /graphql endpoint. Create the following class:

src/test/kotlin/example/micronaut/GraphQLControllerTest.kt

package example.micronaut

import io.micronaut.core.type.Argument
import io.micronaut.http.HttpRequest
import io.micronaut.http.HttpResponse
import io.micronaut.http.HttpStatus
import io.micronaut.http.client.HttpClient
import io.micronaut.http.client.annotation.Client
import io.micronaut.test.extensions.junit5.annotation.MicronautTest
import jakarta.inject.Inject
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test

@MicronautTest (1)
internal class GraphQLControllerTest(@Client("/") val client: HttpClient) { (2)

    @Test
    fun testGraphQLController() {
        // when:
        var todos = allTodos

        // then:
        assertTrue(todos.isEmpty())

        // when:
        val id = createToDo("Test GraphQL", "Tim Yates")

        // then: (check it's a UUID)
        assertEquals(1, id)

        // when:
        todos = allTodos

        // then:
        assertEquals(1, todos.size)
        var todo = todos[0]
        assertEquals("Test GraphQL", todo["title"])
        assertFalse(java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(todo["completed"].toString()))
        assertEquals(
            "Tim Yates",
            (todo["author"] as Map<*, *>?)!!["username"]
        )

        // when:
        val completed = markAsCompleted(id)

        // then:
        assertTrue(completed)

        // when:
        todos = allTodos

        // then:
        assertEquals(1, todos.size)
        todo = todos[0]
        assertEquals("Test GraphQL", todo["title"])
        assertTrue(java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(todo["completed"].toString()))
        assertEquals(
            "Tim Yates",
            (todo["author"] as Map<*, *>?)!!["username"]
        )
    }

    private fun fetch(query: String): HttpResponse<Map<String, Any>> {
        val request: HttpRequest<String> = HttpRequest.POST("/graphql", query)
        val response = client.toBlocking().exchange(
            request, Argument.mapOf(Argument.STRING, Argument.OBJECT_ARGUMENT)
        )
        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, response.status())
        Assertions.assertNotNull(response.body())
        return response
    }

    private val allTodos: List<Map<String, Any>>
        get() {
            val query = "{\"query\":\"query { toDos { title, completed, author { id, username } } }\"}"
            val response = fetch(query)
            return (response.body.get()["data"] as Map<*, *>)["toDos"] as List<Map<String, Any>>
        }

    private fun createToDo(title: String, author: String): Long {
        val query =
            "{\"query\": \"mutation { createToDo(title: \\\"$title\\\", author: \\\"$author\\\") { id } }\" }"
        val response = fetch(query)
        return ((response.body.get().get("data") as Map<*, *>)["createToDo"] as Map<*, *>?)!!["id"].toString().toLong()
    }

    private fun markAsCompleted(id: Long): Boolean {
        val query = "{\"query\": \"mutation { completeToDo(id: \\\"$id\\\") }\" }"
        val response = fetch(query)
        return (response.body.get()["data"] as Map<String, Any>)["completeToDo"] as Boolean
    }
}

1	Annotate the class with `@MicronautTest` so the Micronaut framework will initialize the application context and the embedded server. More info.
2	Inject the `HttpClient` bean and point it to the embedded server.

To run the tests:

./gradlew test

Then open build/reports/tests/test/index.html in a browser to see the results.

10. GraphiQL

As an extra feature that will help during development, you can enable GraphiQL. GraphiQL is the GraphQL integrated development environment, and it executes GraphQL queries.

It should only be used for development, so it’s not enabled by default. Add the following configuration to enable it:

Since Micronaut Framework 4.0, to use YAML configuration, you have to add the YAML dependency.

src/main/resources/application.yml

Unresolved directive in micronaut-graphql-todo-gradle-kotlin.adoc - include::build/code/micronaut-graphql-todo/micronaut-graphql-todo-gradle-kotlin/src/main/resources/application.yml[tag=graphiql]

Start the application again and open http://localhost:8080/graphiql in a browser. GraphQL queries can be executed with integrated auto-completion:

graphiql todo

11. Generate a Micronaut Application Native Executable with GraalVM

We will use GraalVM, the polyglot embeddable virtual machine, to generate a native executable of our Micronaut application.

Compiling native executables ahead of time with GraalVM improves startup time and reduces the memory footprint of JVM-based applications.

Only Java and Kotlin projects support using GraalVM’s native-image tool. Groovy relies heavily on reflection, which is only partially supported by GraalVM.

11.1. GraalVM installation

The easiest way to install GraalVM on Linux or Mac is to use SDKMan.io.

Java 21

sdk install java 21.0.5-graal

Java 21

sdk use java 21.0.5-graal

For installation on Windows, or for manual installation on Linux or Mac, see the GraalVM Getting Started documentation.

The previous command installs Oracle GraalVM, which is free to use in production and free to redistribute, at no cost, under the GraalVM Free Terms and Conditions.

Alternatively, you can use the GraalVM Community Edition:

Java 21

sdk install java 21.0.2-graalce

Java 21

sdk use java 21.0.2-graalce

11.2. Native executable generation

To generate a native executable using Gradle, run:

./gradlew nativeCompile

The native executable is created in build/native/nativeCompile directory and can be run with build/native/nativeCompile/micronautguide.

It is possible to customize the name of the native executable or pass additional parameters to GraalVM:

build.gradle

graalvmNative {
    binaries {
        main {
            imageName.set('mn-graalvm-application') (1)
            buildArgs.add('--verbose') (2)
        }
    }
}

1	The native executable name will now be `mn-graalvm-application`
2	It is possible to pass extra arguments to build the native executable

Start the native executable and execute the same cURL request as before. You can also use the included GraphiQL browser to execute the queries.

12. Next steps

Take a look at the Micronaut GraphQL documentation.

13. Help with the Micronaut Framework

The Micronaut Foundation sponsored the creation of this Guide. A variety of consulting and support services are available.

14. License

All guides are released with an Apache license 2.0 license for the code and a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license for the writing and media (images…).

Table of Contents

Creating a ToDo application with Micronaut GraphQL

1. Getting Started

2. What you will need

3. Solution

4. Writing the Application

5. Persistence layer

5.1. Database Migration with Flyway

5.2. Entities

5.3. Repositories

6. GraphQL

6.1. Describe your schema

6.2. Data Fetchers

6.2.1. Queries

6.2.2. Mutations

6.2.3. Wiring

6.3. GraphQL Factory

7. Test Resources

8. Running the Application

9. Test the application

9.1. Manual smoke tests

9.2. Automated tests

10. GraphiQL

11. Generate a Micronaut Application Native Executable with GraalVM

11.1. GraalVM installation

11.2. Native executable generation

12. Next steps

13. Help with the Micronaut Framework

14. License