How to configure gqlgen using gqlgen.yml

You are looking at the docs for an older version (v0.10.1). The latest version is v0.17.5.

gqlgen can be configured using a gqlgen.yml file, by default it will be loaded from the current directory, or any parent directory.

Example:

# You can pass a single schema file
schema: schema.graphql

# Or multiple files
schema:
 - schema.graphql
 - user.graphql

# Or you can use globs
schema:
 - "*.graphql"

# Or globs from a root directory
schema:
 - "schema/**/*.graphql"

# Let gqlgen know where to put the generated server
exec:
  filename: graph/generated/generated.go
  package: generated

# Let gqlgen know where to put the generated models (if any)
model:
  filename: models/generated.go
  package: models

# Optional, turns on resolver stub generation
resolver:
  filename: resolver.go # where to write them
  type: Resolver  # what's the resolver root implementation type called?

# Optional, turns on binding to field names by tag provided
struct_tag: json

# Optional, set to true if you prefer []*Thing over []Thing
omit_slice_element_pointers: false

# Instead of listing out every model like below, you can automatically bind to any matching types
# within the given path by using `model: User` or `model: models.User`. EXPERIMENTAL in v0.9.1
autobind:
 - github.com/my/app/models

# Tell gqlgen about any existing models you want to reuse for
# graphql. These normally come from the db or a remote api.
models:
  User:
    model: models.User # can use short paths when the package is listed in autobind
  Todo:
    model: github.com/my/app/models.Todo # or full paths if you need to go elsewhere
    fields:
      id:
        resolver: true # force a resolver to be generated
        fieldName: todoId # bind to a different go field name
  # model also accepts multiple backing go types. When mapping onto structs
  # any of these types can be used, the first one is used as the default for
  # resolver args.
  ID:
    model:
      - github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.IntID
      - github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.ID

Everything has defaults, so add things as you need.

Inline config with directives

gqlgen ships with some builtin directives that make it a little easier to manage wiring.

To start using them you first need to define them:

directive @goModel(model: String, models: [String!]) on OBJECT 
    | INPUT_OBJECT 
    | SCALAR 
    | ENUM 
    | INTERFACE 
    | UNION

directive @goField(forceResolver: Boolean, name: String) on INPUT_FIELD_DEFINITION 
    | FIELD_DEFINITION

Here be dragons

gqlgen doesnt currently support user-configurable directives for SCALAR, ENUM, INTERFACE or UNION. This only works for internal directives. You can track the progress here

Now you can use these directives when defining types in your schema:

type User @goModel(model:"github.com/my/app/models.User") {
  id:   ID!	    @goField(name:"todoId")
  name: String! @goField(forceResolver: true)
}