Allow an optional function to resolve the rootValue

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ All of the packages in the `apollo-server` repo are released with the same versi
 
 ### vNEXT
 
+- Allow an optional function to resolve the `rootValue`, passing the `DocumentNode` AST to determine the value. [PR #1555](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/1555)
 - Follow-up on the work in [PR #1516](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/1516) to also fix missing insertion cursor/caret when a custom GraphQL configuration is specified which doesn't specify its own `cursorShape` property. [PR #1607](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/1607)
 
 ### v2.1.0

docs/source/api/apollo-server.md

@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ new ApolloServer({
 		authScope: getScope(req.headers.authorization)
 	}),
 });
+```
+
+  * `rootValue`: <`Any`> | <`Function`>
+
+    A value or function called with the parsed `Document`, creating the root value passed to the graphql executor. The function is useful if you wish to provide a different root value based on the query operation type.
+
+```js
+new ApolloServer({
+  typeDefs,
+  resolvers,
+  rootValue: (documentAST) => ({
+    const op = getOperationAST(documentNode)
+    return op === 'mutation' ? mutationRoot : queryRoot;
+  })
+});
 ```
 
 * `mocks`: <`Object`> | <`Boolean`>

packages/apollo-server-core/src/__tests__/runQuery.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   GraphQLInt,
   GraphQLNonNull,
   parse,
+  DocumentNode,
 } from 'graphql';
 
 import { runQuery } from '../runQuery';
@@ -175,6 +176,22 @@ describe('runQuery', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('correctly evaluates a rootValue function', () => {
+    const query = `{ testRootValue }`;
+    const expected = { testRootValue: 'it also works' };
+    return runQuery({
+      schema,
+      queryString: query,
+      rootValue: (doc: DocumentNode) => {
+        expect(doc.kind).toEqual('Document');
+        return 'it also';
+      },
+      request: new MockReq(),
+    }).then(res => {
+      expect(res.data).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('correctly passes in the context', () => {
     const query = `{ testContextValue }`;
     const expected = { testContextValue: 'it still works' };

packages/apollo-server-core/src/graphqlOptions.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   GraphQLSchema,
   ValidationContext,
   GraphQLFieldResolver,
+  DocumentNode,
 } from 'graphql';
 import { GraphQLExtension } from 'graphql-extensions';
 import { CacheControlExtensionOptions } from 'apollo-cache-control';
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { DataSource } from 'apollo-datasource';
  *
  * - schema: an executable GraphQL schema used to fulfill requests.
  * - (optional) formatError: Formatting function applied to all errors before response is sent
- * - (optional) rootValue: rootValue passed to GraphQL execution
+ * - (optional) rootValue: rootValue passed to GraphQL execution, or a function to resolving the rootValue from the DocumentNode
  * - (optional) context: the context passed to GraphQL execution
  * - (optional) validationRules: extra validation rules applied to requests
  * - (optional) formatResponse: a function applied to each graphQL execution result
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ import { DataSource } from 'apollo-datasource';
 export interface GraphQLServerOptions<
   TContext =
     | (() => Promise<Record<string, any>> | Record<string, any>)
-    | Record<string, any>
+    | Record<string, any>,
+  TRootVal = ((parsedQuery: DocumentNode) => any) | any
 > {
   schema: GraphQLSchema;
   formatError?: Function;
-  rootValue?: any;
+  rootValue?: TRootVal;
   context?: TContext;
   validationRules?: Array<(context: ValidationContext) => any>;
   formatResponse?: Function;

packages/apollo-server-core/src/runQuery.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export interface QueryOptions {
   // a mutation), throw this error.
   nonQueryError?: Error;
 
-  rootValue?: any;
+  rootValue?: ((parsedQuery: DocumentNode) => any) | any;
   context?: any;
   variables?: { [key: string]: any };
   operationName?: string;
@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ function doRunQuery(options: QueryOptions): Promise<GraphQLResponse> {
         const executionArgs: ExecutionArgs = {
           schema: options.schema,
           document: documentAST,
-          rootValue: options.rootValue,
+          rootValue:
+            typeof options.rootValue === 'function'
+              ? options.rootValue(documentAST)
+              : options.rootValue,
           contextValue: context,
           variableValues: options.variables,
           operationName: options.operationName,

packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/src/index.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   GraphQLScalarType,
   introspectionQuery,
   BREAK,
+  DocumentNode,
+  getOperationAST,
 } from 'graphql';
 
 import request = require('supertest');
@@ -842,6 +844,40 @@ export default (createApp: CreateAppFunc, destroyApp?: DestroyAppFunc) => {
         });
       });
 
+      it('passes the rootValue function result to the resolver', async () => {
+        const expectedQuery = 'query: it passes rootValue';
+        const expectedMutation = 'mutation: it passes rootValue';
+        app = await createApp({
+          graphqlOptions: {
+            schema,
+            rootValue: (documentNode: DocumentNode) => {
+              const op = getOperationAST(documentNode, undefined);
+              return op.operation === 'query'
+                ? expectedQuery
+                : expectedMutation;
+            },
+          },
+        });
+        const queryReq = request(app)
+          .post('/graphql')
+          .send({
+            query: 'query test{ testRootValue }',
+          });
+        return queryReq.then(res => {
+          expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+          expect(res.body.data.testRootValue).toEqual(expectedQuery);
+        });
+        const mutationReq = request(app)
+          .post('/graphql')
+          .send({
+            query: 'mutation test{ testMutation(echo: "ping") }',
+          });
+        return mutationReq.then(res => {
+          expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+          expect(res.body.data.testRootValue).toEqual(expectedMutation);
+        });
+      });
+
       it('returns errors', async () => {
         const expected = 'Secret error message';
         app = await createApp({