Using Hasura for a GraphQL service

[alexandercapes]

We’re exploring our options after our headless CMS moved GraphQL support to the enterprise tier. Now we're considering whether we can build our own GraphQL API, potentially using Hasura.

Has anyone here used Hasura to build a GraphQL service?

[robertjdominguez]

Hi, @alexandercapes 👋

I'd say most users that end up here have 🙂

Are there any specific questions we can answer for you?

[alexandercapes]

Hey @robertjdominguez

Do you have any examples of where it's been used? Specifically in relation to headless CMSs (our use case is Storyblok CMS) and creating a service that can replace their GraphQL API.

We'd love to be able to build something out and appreciate any guidance or working examples that show something similar.

[robertjdominguez]

Of course!

I'd recommend getting started here with our various use-case guides. They'll give you an idea of building out something with Hasura and the mechanics of the product.

My personal recommendation (as someone who has built a CMS using Hasura) is to start with your data modeling. At this point, I'm sure asking an LLM for the DDL to generate your schema and structure would be quite easy...from there, pipe it into a PostgreSQL instance, connect it to Hasura, and then build out your frontend on top of it 🚀

[alexandercapes]

Thanks @robertjdominguez very useful.

Could you also give me an understanding of the commercial side of things? From what I can we could do this on the free model (one data source) which obviously seems quite generous but wanted to understand if I'm missing something.

[robertjdominguez]

@alexandercapes — the links I shared are to v2 of our product, which can easily be run open-sourced on your own infra for free. Alternatively, you can use Hasura Cloud to host it as well.

Also, a model equates to a table in a DB; you'd need multiple tables. Can you give me an idea of the scale you're imagining for this service? It might be worthwhile talking to us directly so we can support you.