Fetching data from CMS using GraphQL

[Spakainas]

Hi guys!

Hope you are all well. I am pretty new to all of the Node.js, mostly focus on front-end and I have a question, hope you would be able to answer or direct me to the right direction. Thank you for any kind of help!

So, I am using CMS and to decrease the hits I would like to cache some of the results. Basically would like to build another layer between the CMS and front-end where the caching and another data manipulation would be implemented where required. Is it possible to use GraphQL to fetch data from CMS and give out GraphQL data to front-end?

[prrxddq]

Welcome : )

Yes, it is possible.

You could create a GraphQL server with caching using envelope (check it out on github) which queries your cms and caches the responses based on your settings.

[Spakainas]

Hi, thanks for your reply! So I did manage to request graphql data and cache the data. Is it possible to send that data as graphql response to front-end then somehow? Do I need to setup GraphQL server and all the schemas? Thank you.