Envelop GraphQL Plugin API
Envelop is a lightweight JavaScript/TypeScript plugin system for wrapping the GraphQL execution pipeline. Developed by The Guild, it exposes composable lifecycle hooks that intercept and extend the parse, validate, execute, and subscribe phases of any GraphQL server. Plugins are authored against the `@envelop/core` and `@envelop/types` packages and compose via the `envelop()` factory function.
Overview
Envelop GraphQL Plugin API is a GraphQL API specification published by The Guild on the APIs.io network.
Envelop is a lightweight JavaScript/TypeScript plugin system for wrapping the GraphQL execution pipeline. Developed by The Guild, it exposes composable lifecycle hooks that intercept and extend the parse, validate, execute, and subscribe phases of any GraphQL server. Plugins are authored against the @envelop/core and @envelop/types packages and compose via the envelop() factory function.
The specification includes 7 reference links.
Tagged areas include API Composition, API Gateway, API Observability, Breaking Change Detection, and CI/CD.
Endpoint
References
- Getting Started https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/docs/getting-started
- Core API https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/docs/core
- Plugin Lifecycle https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/docs/plugins/lifecycle
- Building Plugins https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/docs/plugins/custom-plugin
- TypeScript Support https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/docs/plugins/typescript
- Plugin Hub https://the-guild.dev/graphql/envelop/plugins
- Source Repository https://github.com/graphql-hive/envelop
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