README.md

CDK Appsync Transformer React Demo

All commands assume you have proper aws credentials

A simple CDK & React example to deploy an AppSync API with Cognito as auth. Uses AWS Amplify schema directives to transform the graphql schema.

• Checkout the blog post
• Watch the demo/walkthrough

What's in the box

AWS Resources

• Cognito User Pool
• Cognito Identity Pool
• AppSync API
  • AppSync Resolvers
  • AppSync Datasources
• DynamoDB Table
• IAM Roles

Schema

• Posts - uses @model and @auth directives to declare a simple dynamodb backed type
• Todos - uses @http directive to grab todos from https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/

To deploy as is

1. Clone The Repository

git clone https://github.com/kcwinner/cdk-appsync-react-demo.git
cd cdk-appsync-react-demo

1. Initialize The Project

npx projen

1. Test And Deploy

npm run test
npm run deploy

1. Generate Exports && GraphQL Types

cd frontend
yarn run generate-exports
yarn run codegen

1. Run the frontend locally

yarn run dev

References

• cdk-appsync-transformer
• graphql-code-generator
• react-query
• projen
• blog post
• video