---
title: Adonis
description: Setting up Apollo Server with Adonis
---

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This is the Adonis Framework integration of Apollo Server. Apollo Server is a community-maintained open-source Apollo Server that works with all Node.js HTTP server frameworks: Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, Adonis Framework, and Restify. [Read the docs](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/). [Read the CHANGELOG.](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)

```sh
npm install apollo-server-adonis
```

## Usage

```js
// start/routes.js
const { graphqlAdonis } = require('apollo-server-adonis');
// or using es6 modules
import { graphqlAdonis } from 'apollo-server-adonis';

const Route = use('Route');

Route.post('/graphql', graphqlAdonis({ schema: myGraphQLSchema }));
Route.get('/graphql', graphqlAdonis({ schema: myGraphQLSchema }));
```

### GraphiQL

You can also use `apollo-server-adonis` for hosting the [GraphiQL](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql) in-browser IDE. Note the difference between `graphqlAdonis` and `graphiqlAdonis`.

```js
// start/routes.js
const { graphiqlAdonis } = require('apollo-server-adonis');
// or using es6 modules
import { graphiqlAdonis } from 'apollo-server-adonis';

const Route = use('Route');

// Setup the /graphiql route to show the GraphiQL UI
Route.get(
  '/graphiql',
  graphiqlAdonis({
    endpointURL: '/graphql', // a POST endpoint that GraphiQL will make the actual requests to
  }),
);
```

In case your GraphQL endpoint is protected via authentication, or if you need to pass other custom headers in the request that GraphiQL makes, you can use the [`passHeader`](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/v1.0.2/packages/apollo-server-module-graphiql/src/renderGraphiQL.ts#L17) option – a string that will be added to the request header object.

For example:

```js
// start/routes.js
const { graphiqlAdonis } = require('apollo-server-adonis');
// or using es6 modules
import { graphiqlAdonis } from 'apollo-server-adonis';

const Route = use('Route');

Route.get(
  '/graphiql',
  graphiqlAdonis({
    endpointURL: '/graphql',
    passHeader: `'Authorization': 'Bearer lorem ipsum'`,
  }),
);
```

## Principles

Apollo Server is built with the following principles in mind:

* **By the community, for the community**: Apollo Server's development is driven by the needs of developers
* **Simplicity**: by keeping things simple, Apollo Server is easier to use, easier to contribute to, and more secure
* **Performance**: Apollo Server is well-tested and production-ready - no modifications needed

Anyone is welcome to contribute to Apollo Server, just read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), take a look at the [roadmap](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/master/ROADMAP.md) and make your first PR!