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https://github.com/victorvoid/dinoql

A customizable GraphQL style query language for interacting with JavaScript objects.
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# dinoql

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A customizable GraphQL style query language for interacting with JavaScript objects. Use dinoql to traverse JavaScript objects the same way you query APIs with GraphQL.

**Table of Contents**

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Why ?](#why-)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Getting only name from users](#getting-only-name-from-users)
- [Get user by id](#get-user-by-id)
- [Aliases - Renaming keys](#aliases---renaming-keys)
- [Variables](#variables)
- [Conditions to get fields](#conditions-to-get-fields)
- [Keep key from object](#keep-key-from-object)
- [Resolvers](#resolvers)
- [Order by](#order-by)
- [Merge](#merge)
- [Default value](#default-value)
- [Parse to Number](#parse-to-number)
- [Get object values](#get-object-values)
- [Parse to array](#parse-to-array)
- [First](#first)
- [Last](#last)
- [Get Prop](#get-prop)
- [Get Path](#get-path)

- [Building your own resolver](#building-your-own-resolver)
- [Custom options](#custom-options)
- [Keep structure](#keep-structure)
- [Improve Performance](#improve-performance-)
- [Organizations and projects using dinoql](organizations-and-projects-using-dinoql)

## Installation

`dinoql` is available from `npm`.

```
$ npm install dinoql -S
```

## Why ?

The main objective is to use the same idea of [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/), however instead of being for API, it will be for javascript objects.

- β™₯️ GraphQL syntax.
- πŸ”« Safe access (no runtime errors to keys that does not exist).
- ⚑️ [Aliases](#aliases---renaming-keys) support (You can rename your keys in the query).
- 🌟 Many [resolvers](#resolvers) implemented by default.
- 🐣 [Build your own resolver](#building-your-own-resolver).
- πŸ’₯ [Fragments support](#fragments-support-)(share piece of query logic).
- πŸ‘‚ [Variables support](#variables)(dynamic queries).
- πŸ„ Parse your queries in build time. ([Example](https://github.com/victorvoid/dinoql/tree/master/examples/webpack))
- πŸŽ’ [Filter values according to the value](#get-user-by-id).
- πŸ’Ύ Caching support
- πŸ”₯ [Customizable](#custom-options).

## Documentation

All examples are using this data:

```js
const data = {
requests: {
products: [],

users: [{
name: 'Victor Igor',
id: "100",
age: 40
}, {
name: 'Kant Jonas',
id: "200",
age: 35
}],

friends: [{
name: 'KΓ‘tia',
id: "300",
age: 10
}]
}
}
```

### Getting only name from users

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ users: [{ name: 'Victor Igor' }, { name: 'Kant Jonas' }] }
```

### Get user by id

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users(id: "200") {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ users: [{ name: 'Kant Jonas' }] }
```

### Aliases - Renaming keys

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
changeUsers: users(id: "200") {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ changeUsers: [{ name: 'Kant Jonas' }] }
```

### Variables

Build dynamic queries with variables.

```js
const data = {
users: [{
name: 'Victor Igor',
id: "100",
age: 18
}, {
name: 'Paul Gilbert',
id: "200",
age: 35
}],
};

const variables = {
id: "100"
};

const gql = dinoql(data, { variables })`
users(id: $id) {
name
}
`

// { users: [{ name: 'Victor Igor' }] }
```

### Conditions to get fields

You can create conditions to get a field.

```js
const data = {
dashboard: {
value: '#54'
},

name: 'Vic'
};

const variables = {
cond: false
};

const gql = dql(data, { variables })`
dashboard(if: $cond) {
value
},
name
}`;
//{ name: 'Vic' }

const otherGql = dql(data, { variables })`
dashboard(unless: $cond) {
value
},
name
}`;
//{ name: 'Vic', value: '#54' }
```

### Keep key from object

Sometimes, we need to keep specific keys.

```js

const data = {
requests: {
user: {
name: {
text: 'Dinoql'
},

description: {
text: 'I am dinoql.'
}
}
}
}

```

If you wanna keep some keys, like:

```js
//{ user: { name: 'Dinoql', description: 'I am dinoql.'} }
```

You can use `(keep: true)` in key, like:

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

//keeping user key
const user = dinoql(data)`
requests {
user(keep: true) {
name {
name: text
},
description {
description: text
}
}
}
`
//{ user: { name: 'Dinoql', description: 'I am dinoql.'} }
```

### Resolvers

Resolvers provide the instructions for turning a dinoQL operation into data.

#### Order by

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users(orderBy: age) {
name,
age
}
}
`

console.log(users)

//{ users: [{ name: 'Kant Jonas', age: 35 }, { name: 'Victor Igor', age: 40 }] }
```

#### Merge

You can merge array or objects.

##### Array
```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'
const data = {
requests: {
users: [{ id: 10, age: 10 }]
}
}

const variables = {
user: { id: 15, age: 40 }
}

const users = dinoql(data, { variables })`
requests {
users(merge: $user) {
age
}
}
`

console.log(users)

//{ users: [{ age: 10 }, { age: 40 }] }
```

##### Object

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'
const data = {
requests: {
user: { id: 10, name: 'Victor Igor' }
}
}

const variables = {
user: { age: 40 }
}

const user = dinoql(data, { variables })`
requests {
user(merge: $user)
}
`

console.log(user)

//{ user: { id: 10, name: 'Victor Igor', age: 40 } }
```

#### Default value
You can add default value to keys not found or values (null/undefined).

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
notfound(defaultValue: "Hello")
}
`

console.log(users)

// {notfound: "Hello"}
```

#### Parse to Number

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users {
id(toNumber: 1)
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ users: [{ id: 100 }, { id: 200 }] }
```

#### Get object values

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const data = {
requests: {
user: {
name: 'vic',
age: 10
}
}
}
const gql = dinoql(data)`
requests {
user(getObjectValues: true)
}
`

console.log(gql) //['vic', 10]
```

#### Parse to array

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const data = {
requests: {
fields: {
field1: 'name',
field2: 'age'
}
}
}

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
fields(toArray: true)
}
`

console.log(users) //[{ field1: 'name' }, { field2: 'age' }]
```

#### First

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users(first: true) {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ users: { name: 'Victor Igor' } }
```

#### Last

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data)`
requests {
users(last: true) {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users) //{ users: { name: 'Kant Jonas' } }
```

#### Get Prop

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const newData = {
requests: {
users: { id: 10, name: 'Victor Fellype' },
information: {
title: { text: 'my title' },
description: { text: 'my description' }
}
}
};
```

without getProp

```js
const data = dinoql(newData)`
requests {
users {
name
}
information {
title {
title: text
}
description {
description: text
}
}
}
`
```

with getProp

```js
const data = dinoql(newData)`
requests {
users(getProp: name)
information {
title(getProp: text)
description(getProp: text)
}
}
`

console.log(data) // { users: 'Victor Fellype', title: 'my title', description: 'my description' }
```

#### Get Path

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const newData = {
requests: {
cms: {
footer_data: {
social_networks: [
{ name: 'facebook', url: 'facebook.com' },
{ name: 'instagram', url: 'instagram.com' }
]
}
}
}
};
```

without getPath

```js
const data = dinoql(newData)`
requests {
cms {
footer_data {
social_networks
}
}
}
`
```

with getPath

```js
const socialNetworks = dinoql(newData)`
requests(getPath: "cms.footer_data.social_networks")
`

console.log(socialNetworks)
/*
{
requests: [
{ name: 'facebook', url: 'facebook.com' },
{ name: 'instagram', url: 'instagram.com' }
]
}
*/
```

### Building your own resolver

You can create a function to change a value in query.

```js
import dql, { addResolvers } from 'dinoql';

const incAge = (list, right) => {
const valueToInc = Number(right);
return list.map(item => ({ ...item, age: item.age + valueToInc }));
};

addResolvers(({ incAge }));

const value = dql(data)`
requests {
users(incAge: 2) {
name,
age
}
}
`;
// { users: [{ name: 'Victor Igor', age: 42 }, { name: 'Kant Jonas', age: 37 }] }
```

### Custom options

#### Keep structure

```js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'

const users = dinoql(data, { keep: true })`
requests {
users(id: "200") {
name
}
}
`

console.log(users)
/*
{
requests: {
users: [{ name: 'Kant Jonas' }]
}
}
*/
```

### Improve performance πŸ„

You can improve performance parsing in build time your queries.

#### How ?

1. Create files `.graphql` or `.gql` and add your queries.

2. Import your queries from `.graphql|.gql`

```graphql
# your queries

query MyQuery {
requests {
users
}
}
```

```js
//your js
import dinoql from 'dinoql'
import { MyQuery } from './MyQueries';

const users = dinoql(data)(MyQuery)
```

3. Setup your webpack - [example](https://github.com/victorvoid/dinoql/tree/master/examples/webpack)

### Fragments support πŸ’₯

You can share piece of query logic.

```graphql
fragment queryOne on Query {
users {
name
}
}

fragment queryTwo on Query {
products
}

query Form {
requests {
...queryOne,
...queryTwo,
friends
}
}

```

## Organizations and projects using dinoql

⚑️ [List of organizations and projects using dinoql](https://github.com/victorvoid/dinoql/issues/15)

License
-------

The code is available under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).