apollo-server/docs/source/features/playground.md
Adam Zionts 11b867114e Move gui option into constructor and use playground (#1297)
* Add a wider diversity of `gui` options

Although I know we want to remain less tied to the GraphQL Playground
GUI options, we definitely want to support a wider variety of options to
be passed in. This adds support for specifying partial options either
statically or dynamically for the gui, which can be extended to allow
for a wider array of guis than only GraphQL playground.

* Add boolean option and configuration for tabs

* move gui setting into ApolloServer Constructor

* document playground configuration in the constructor

* update playground types and fixed micro + koa integrations

* change gui to playground

* docs: change gui to playground

* fix logic for playground creation
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---
title: GraphQL Playground
description: Visually exploring a Apollo Server
---
[GraphQL Playground](https://github.com/prismagraphql/graphql-playground) is a graphical interactive in-browser GraphQL IDE, created by [Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/), based on [GraphiQL](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql). In development, Apollo Server collocates a GraphQL Playground instance with the GraphQL path. When a browser sends a request to Apollo Server, it receives GraphQL Playground. When `NODE_ENV` is set to production, introspection and Playground are disabled as a production best practice.
<div align="center">
![GraphQL Playground](../images/playground.png)
</div>
## Configuring Playground
The Apollo Server constructor contains the ability to configure GraphQL Playground with the `playground` configuration option. The options can be found on GraphQL Playground's [documentation](https://github.com/prismagraphql/graphql-playground/#usage)
```js
new ApolloServer({
typeDefs,
resolvers,
playground: {
settings: {
'editor.theme': 'light',
},
tabs: [
{
endpoint,
query: defaultQuery,
},
],
},
});
```
## Enabling Playground in Production
To enable Playground in production, introspection and the playground can be enabled explicitly in the following manner.
```js line=7-8
const { ApolloServer } = require('apollo-server');
const { typeDefs, resolvers } = require('./schema');
const server = new ApolloServer({
typeDefs,
resolvers,
introspection: true,
playground: true,
});
server.listen().then(({ url }) => {
console.log(`🚀 Server ready at ${url}`);
});
```