Share enum in Graphql

Question

Just started learning GraphQL and I would like to share an enum that I exported in a express apollo server.

./src/shared/fruitsEnum.ts

export enum fruitsEnum{
    APPLE,
    ORANGE
}

Import the enum

./src/market/fruits.ts

import { fruitsEnum } from "./src/shared/fruitsEnum.ts"

export const typeDef = `
    type Fruit{
        id: ID
        fruitName: fruitsEnum
    }

    type Query{
    ...
    }
`

I tried doing this but I am getting Error: Unknown type fruitsEnum. The reason that I put the enum in a separate location is because the same enum might be used at other schema. My goal is to have a shareable enum type.

Answer 1

Typescript enum != graphQL enum

Enum needs to be defined in graphQL 'context' as in docs, so it will work this way:

export const typeDef = `

  enum fruitsEnum{
    APPLE,
    ORANGE
  }

  type Fruit{
    id: ID
    fruitName: fruitsEnum
  }

  type Query{
  ...
  }

You can use type-graphql to 'connect' them (typescript and graphql contexts) and (share between client and server) without explicit [typescript defined] enum definition inside typDef.

More info here