GraphQL JIT

Why?

GraphQL-JS is a very well written runtime implementation of the latest GraphQL spec. However, by compiling to JS, V8 is able to create optimized code which yields much better performance. graphql-jit leverages this behaviour of V8 optimization by compiling the queries into functions to significantly improve performance (See benchmarks below)

Benchmarks

GraphQL-JS 16 on Node 16.13.0

1$ yarn benchmark skip-json
2Starting introspection
3graphql-js x 1,941 ops/sec ±2.50% (225 runs sampled)
4graphql-jit x 6,158 ops/sec ±2.38% (222 runs sampled)
5Starting fewResolvers
6graphql-js x 26,620 ops/sec ±2.41% (225 runs sampled)
7graphql-jit x 339,223 ops/sec ±2.94% (215 runs sampled)
8Starting manyResolvers
9graphql-js x 16,415 ops/sec ±2.36% (220 runs sampled)
10graphql-jit x 178,331 ops/sec ±2.73% (221 runs sampled)
11Starting nestedArrays
12graphql-js x 127 ops/sec ±1.43% (220 runs sampled)
13graphql-jit x 1,316 ops/sec ±2.58% (219 runs sampled)
14Done in 141.25s.

Support for GraphQL spec

The goal is to support the June 2018 version of the GraphQL spec.

Differences to graphql-js

In order to achieve better performance, the graphql-jit compiler introduces some limitations. The primary limitation is that all computed properties must have a resolver and only these can return a Promise.

More details here - GraphQL-JS.md

Install

1yarn add graphql-jit

Example

For complete working examples, check the examples/ directory

Create a schema

1const typeDefs = `
2type Query {
3  hello: String
4}
5`;
6const resolvers = {
7  Query: {
8    hello() {
9      return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve("World!"), 200));
10    }
11  }
12};
13
14const { makeExecutableSchema } = require("@graphql-tools/schema");
15const schema = makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs, resolvers });

Compile a Query

1const query = `
2{
3  hello
4}
5`;
6const { parse } = require("graphql");
7const document = parse(query);
8
9const { compileQuery, isCompiledQuery } = require("graphql-jit");
10const compiledQuery = compileQuery(schema, document);
11// check if the compilation is successful
12
13if (!isCompiledQuery(compiledQuery)) {
14  console.error(compiledQuery);
15  throw new Error("Error compiling query");
16}

Execute the Query

1const executionResult = await compiledQuery.query(root, context, variables);
2console.log(executionResult);

Subscribe to the Query

1const result = await compiledQuery.subscribe(root, context, variables);
2for await (const value of result) {
3  console.log(value);
4}

API

compiledQuery = compileQuery(schema, document, operationName, compilerOptions)

Compiles the document AST, using an optional operationName and compiler options.

• schema {GraphQLSchema} - graphql schema object

• document {DocumentNode} - document query AST ,can be obtained by parse from graphql

• operationName {string} - optional operation name in case the document contains multiple operations(queries/mutations/subscription).

• compilerOptions {Object} - Configurable options for the compiler

  • disableLeafSerialization {boolean, default: false} - disables leaf node serializers. The serializers validate the content of the field at runtime so this option should only be set to true if there are strong assurances that the values are valid.
  • customSerializers {Object as Map, default: {}} - Replace serializer functions for specific types. Can be used as a safer alternative for overly expensive serializers
  • customJSONSerializer {boolean, default: false} - Whether to produce also a JSON serializer function using fast-json-stringify. The default stringifier function is JSON.stringify

compiledQuery.query(root: any, context: any, variables: Maybe<{ [key: string]: any }>)

the compiled function that can be called with a root value, a context and the required variables.

compiledQuery.subscribe(root: any, context: any, variables: Maybe<{ [key: string]: any }>)

(available for GraphQL Subscription only) the compiled function that can be called with a root value, a context and the required variables to produce either an AsyncIterator (if successful) or an ExecutionResult (error).

compiledQuery.stringify(value: any)

the compiled function for producing a JSON string. It will be JSON.stringify unless compilerOptions.customJSONSerializer is true. The value argument should be the return of the compiled GraphQL function.

LICENSE

MIT