# Deploying GraphQL API to Google cloud

- Published: 2021-07-04
- URL: https://notes.webutvikling.org/deploying-typescript-graphql-api-to-gcloud-functions
- Tags: graphql, postgres, aurora

GraphQL API on google cloud

## Gotchas

### 1. Deploying compiled Javascript

- Add your compiled index.js file to packages.main field like this:

```json
{
	"main": "lib/index.js"
}
```

- Add your source code to `.gcloudignore` file, as this: `src`
- Add your compiled folder (e.g. `lib`) to `.gitignore`
- Add your compiled folder (e.g. `lib`) as included to `.gcloudignore`, as this: `!lib`

### 2. Deployment to region

Deployment is done with gcloud cli like this

```
gcloud functions deploy graphql --entry-point handle
```

Add the region flag to specify region, e.g. `--region=europe-central2`

### 3. Allow unauthenticated requests (public api)

Add to following flag to allow anyone to connect to your API:

```
--allow-unauthenticated
```

### 4. Can't determine Firebase Database URL.

You may have issues connecting to the database, returning this error.
To resolve it, stop what you're doing and migrate away from firebase.