Custom Transforms

Custom transforms are fairly straightforward to write. They are simply objects with up to three methods:

transformSchema: receives the original subschema and applies modifications to it, returning a modified wrapper (proxy) schema. This method runs once while initially wrapping the subschema.
transformRequest: receives each request made to the wrapped schema. The shape of a request matches the wrapper schema and must be returned in a shape that matches the original subschema.
transformResult: receives each result returned from the original subschema. The shape of the result matches the original subschema and must be returned in a shape that matches the wrapper schema.

The complete transform object API is as follows:


export interface Transform<T = Record<string, any>> {
  transformSchema?: SchemaTransform
  transformRequest?: RequestTransform<T>
  transformResult?: ResultTransform<T>
}
 
export type SchemaTransform = (
  originalWrappingSchema: GraphQLSchema,
  subschemaConfig: SubschemaConfig,
  transformedSchema?: GraphQLSchema
) => GraphQLSchema
 
export type RequestTransform<T = Record<string, any>> = (
  originalRequest: Request,
  delegationContext: DelegationContext,
  transformationContext: T
) => Request
 
export type ResultTransform<T = Record<string, any>> = (
  originalResult: ExecutionResult,
  delegationContext: DelegationContext,
  transformationContext: T
) => ExecutionResult
 
type Request = {
  document: DocumentNode
  variables: Record<string, any>
  extensions?: Record<string, any>
}

A simple transform that removes types, fields, and arguments prefixed by an underscore might look like this:


import { stitchSchemas } from '@graphql-tools/stitch'
import { filterSchema, pruneSchema } from '@graphql-tools/utils'
 
class RemovePrivateElementsTransform {
  transformSchema(originalWrappingSchema) {
    const isPublicName = name => !name.startsWith('_')
 
    return pruneSchema(
      filterSchema({
        schema: originalWrappingSchema,
        typeFilter: typeName => isPublicName(typeName),
        rootFieldFilter: (operationName, fieldName) => isPublicName(fieldName),
        fieldFilter: (typeName, fieldName) => isPublicName(fieldName),
        argumentFilter: (typeName, fieldName, argName) => isPublicName(argName)
      })
    )
  }
 
  // no need for operational transforms
}
 
const subschema = {
  schema: myRemoteSchema,
  transforms: [new RemovePrivateElementsTransform()]
}
 
const gatewaySchema = stitchSchemas({ subschemas: [subschema] })