graphql-go/graphql

An implementation of GraphQL for Go / Golang

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An implementation of GraphQL in Go. Follows the official reference implementation graphql-js.

Supports: queries, mutations & subscriptions.

Documentation

godoc: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/graphql-go/graphql

Contribute Back

Friendly reminder links are available in case you would like to contribute back into our commitment with Go and open-source.

Getting Started

To install the library, run:

go get github.com/graphql-go/graphql

The following is a simple example which defines a schema with a single hello string-type field and a Resolve method which returns the string world. A GraphQL query is performed against this schema with the resulting output printed in JSON format.

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/graphql-go/graphql"
)

func main() {
	// Schema
	fields := graphql.Fields{
		"hello": &graphql.Field{
			Type: graphql.String,
			Resolve: func(p graphql.ResolveParams) (interface{}, error) {
				return "world", nil
			},
		},
	}
	rootQuery := graphql.ObjectConfig{Name: "RootQuery", Fields: fields}
	schemaConfig := graphql.SchemaConfig{Query: graphql.NewObject(rootQuery)}
	schema, err := graphql.NewSchema(schemaConfig)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create new schema, error: %v", err)
	}

	// Query
	query := `
		{
			hello
		}
	`
	params := graphql.Params{Schema: schema, RequestString: query}
	r := graphql.Do(params)
	if len(r.Errors) > 0 {
		log.Fatalf("failed to execute graphql operation, errors: %+v", r.Errors)
	}
	rJSON, _ := json.Marshal(r)
	fmt.Printf("%s \n", rJSON) // {"data":{"hello":"world"}}
}

For more complex examples, refer to the examples/ directory and graphql_test.go.

Third Party Libraries

NameAuthorDescription
graphql-go-handlerHafiz IsmailMiddleware to handle GraphQL queries through HTTP requests.
graphql-relay-goHafiz IsmailLib to construct a graphql-go server supporting react-relay.
golang-relay-starter-kitHafiz IsmailBarebones starting point for a Relay application with Golang GraphQL server.
dataloaderNick RandallDataLoader implementation in Go.

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graphql-go/graphql

An implementation of GraphQL for Go / Golang

Go

10,142

1,042 commits

updated Jun 23, 2026

See the code

README

graphql CircleCI Go Reference Coverage Status Join the chat at https://gitter.im/graphql-go/graphql

An implementation of GraphQL in Go. Follows the official reference implementation graphql-js.

Supports: queries, mutations & subscriptions.

Documentation

godoc: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/graphql-go/graphql

Contribute Back

Friendly reminder links are available in case you would like to contribute back into our commitment with Go and open-source.

Getting Started

To install the library, run:

go get github.com/graphql-go/graphql

The following is a simple example which defines a schema with a single hello string-type field and a Resolve method which returns the string world. A GraphQL query is performed against this schema with the resulting output printed in JSON format.

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/graphql-go/graphql"
)

func main() {
	// Schema
	fields := graphql.Fields{
		"hello": &graphql.Field{
			Type: graphql.String,
			Resolve: func(p graphql.ResolveParams) (interface{}, error) {
				return "world", nil
			},
		},
	}
	rootQuery := graphql.ObjectConfig{Name: "RootQuery", Fields: fields}
	schemaConfig := graphql.SchemaConfig{Query: graphql.NewObject(rootQuery)}
	schema, err := graphql.NewSchema(schemaConfig)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create new schema, error: %v", err)
	}

	// Query
	query := `
		{
			hello
		}
	`
	params := graphql.Params{Schema: schema, RequestString: query}
	r := graphql.Do(params)
	if len(r.Errors) > 0 {
		log.Fatalf("failed to execute graphql operation, errors: %+v", r.Errors)
	}
	rJSON, _ := json.Marshal(r)
	fmt.Printf("%s \n", rJSON) // {"data":{"hello":"world"}}
}

For more complex examples, refer to the examples/ directory and graphql_test.go.

Third Party Libraries

NameAuthorDescription
graphql-go-handlerHafiz IsmailMiddleware to handle GraphQL queries through HTTP requests.
graphql-relay-goHafiz IsmailLib to construct a graphql-go server supporting react-relay.
golang-relay-starter-kitHafiz IsmailBarebones starting point for a Relay application with Golang GraphQL server.
dataloaderNick RandallDataLoader implementation in Go.

Blog Posts

graphql
graphql-go
subscriptions

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