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gatsby-theme-apollo-docs

This is an entirely configuration-based Gatsby theme that generates a documentation website based on a series of Markdown or MDX files. It also exports a series of components that can be used within MDX pages.

Installation

If you're using this package, you'll also need to install gatsby and its peer dependencies, react and react-dom. Next, install the theme:

$ npm install gatsby-theme-apollo-docs

Configuration

You can configure gatsby-theme-apollo-docs for use with any set of docs using the provided configuration options. You may also use component shadowing to customize elements like the logo or color scheme.

// gatsby-config.js
module.exports = {
  pathPrefix: '/docs/apollo-server',
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: 'gatsby-theme-apollo-docs',
      options: {
        root: __dirname,
        subtitle: 'Apollo Server',
        description: 'A guide to using Apollo Server',
        githubRepo: 'apollographql/apollo-server',
        defaultVersion: '2',
        versions: {
          1: 'origin/version-1'
        },
        sidebarCategories: {
          null: [
            'index',
            'getting-started',
            'whats-new'
          ],
          Features: [
            'features/mocking',
            'features/errors',
            'features/data-sources'
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
};
Option name Type Description
root string Must be __dirname
siteName string The main title for the website, used in the <title> element and top left corner of the site
subtitle string The page title that gets rendered above the sidebar navigation
description string The site description for SEO and social (FB, Twitter) tags
contentDir string The directory where docs content exists (docs/source by default)
githubRepo string The owner and name of the content repository on GitHub
spectrumPath string The path to be appended to Spectrum links
trackingId string Your Google Analytics tracking ID
algoliaApiKey string Your Algolia DocSearch API key
algoliaIndexName string The name of your DocSearch index
baseUrl string The origin where your website will be hosted (e.g. https://www.apollographql.com)
spectrumHandle string Your Spectrum community's handle/slug
twitterHandle string Your Twitter handle, without the "@"
youtubeUrl string The URL of your YouTube channel
versions array An array of objects representing the versions that the website should generate
sidebarCategories object An object mapping categories to page paths (see sidebarCategories reference)
navConfig object An object defining the top-left navigation links (see navConfig reference)
checkLinksOptions object Options accepted by gastby-remark-check-links

versions

If omitted, only one version of docs will be built, based on the files in the theme consumer repository. If provided, the versions option expects an object mapping older versions' labels to their respective git branch. The current filesystem will still determine the "default" version. The default label for this version is "Latest", but is configurable by the defaultVersion option.

defaultVersion: '2.5',
versions: {
  '2.4': 'version-2.4'
}

sidebarCategories

The sidebarCategories option is an object keyed by category titles. Each entry in the object is an array of page paths. The path should resemble the location of a Markdown/MDX file in the git repository, relative to contentDir, and without the .md extension. Sidebar navigation items that are not a member of a category live under the null key. To add an external link to your sidebar, your can provide a string formatted like a Markdown link.

{
  null: [
    'index',
    'getting-started',
    'whats-new'
  ],
  Features: [
    'features/mocking',
    'features/errors',
    'features/data-sources'
  ],
  'External links': [
    '[Principled GraphQL](https://principledgraphql.com/)'
  ]
}

navConfig

The navConfig option should be an object keyed by link titles. The values should be objects with description, and url properties. Check out the default theme options for an example of the expected shape of this data.

Creating pages

This theme generates pages based on Markdown or MDX files in the contentDir directory of a repo. Your Markdown/MDX files should contain some frontmatter defining their titles and descriptions.

---
title: Introduction
description: What is Apollo Server and what does it do?
---

Apollo Server is the best way to quickly build a production-ready, self-documenting API for GraphQL clients, using data from any source.

Page URLs will be derived from the file paths of your Markdown. You can nest Markdown files within directories to create pages with additional path segments.

Components

This theme exports React components that you can use in MDX files throughout a documentation website.

Button

A button that follows our Space Kit design system. See the project in Zeplin for a visual look at the different button variations.

Prop Type Default value Description
children node N/A The content of the button
size string "medium" One of "small", "medium", or "large"
color string "standard" Either "standard" or "branded"
variant string "standard" Either "standard" or "hidden"

ButtonLink

A button that functions as an internal link using Gatsby Link. It accepts all props that the Button and Link components accept.

import {ButtonWrapper, ButtonLink} from 'gatsby-theme-apollo-docs';

<ButtonWrapper>
  <ButtonLink
    size="large"
    color="branded"
    to="/tutorial/introduction"
  >
    Try it out!
  </ButtonLink>
  <ButtonLink
    size="large"
    to="/intro/platform"
  >
    Learn more
  </ButtonLink>
</ButtonWrapper>

ButtonWrapper

A presentational component that only takes children and is designed to render a row of Button or ButtonLink components, center-aligned and evenly spaced.

ExpansionPanel

An expandable panel of content used to hide complex information or instructions that might be a tangent from the main topic of the content it lives within.

Prop Type Description
children node The content of the panel, usually includes an ExpansionPanelList
title string The title of the panel, visible even when the panel is closed

ExpansionPanelList

A wrapper element that should be used in conjunction with ExpansionPanelListItem components. It renders an li element with some styles baked in.

ExpansionPanelListItem

A list item for use with the ExpansionPanelList. It comes with a cicular area to its left to render a number, glyph, or some way to indicate progress through a set of instructions. You can write Markdown within these elements if you keep everything detabbed and add an empty line between your content and the component's opening and closing tags.

Prop Type Description
children node The content of the list item, usually a block of Markdown
number string The number displayed to the left of the list item, or a checkmark if "check" is passed
import {
  ExpansionPanel,
  ExpansionPanelList,
  ExpansionPanelListItem
} from 'gatsby-theme-apollo-docs';

<ExpansionPanel title="How to use the ExpansionPanel component">

Add a line break _between_ JSX tags and content to parse the content as *Markdown*

<ExpansionPanelList>
<ExpansionPanelListItem number="1">

<h4>h4 works well as a heading here</h4>

- markdown
- works
- here

</ExpansionPanelListItem>
<ExpansionPanelListItem number="check">

<h4>That's it!</h4>

> MDX is super fun

</ExpansionPanelListItem>
</ExpansionPanelList>

</ExpansionPanel>

MultiCodeBlock

Wraps adjacent code blocks to allow users to toggle between them using a dropdown menu.

import {MultiCodeBlock} from 'gatsby-theme-apollo-docs';

<MulitCodeBlock>

```js
// a JavaScript code block
```

```ts
// a TypeScript code block
```

</MultiCodeBlock>

Deployment

All docs sites will eventually be deployed into a subdirectory, as configured by the pathPrefix option—/docs/apollo-server, for example. Read this guide to learn more about publishing to a subdirectory.

Migration

To migrate an older Hexo site to this theme, follow this guide.

Examples

Are you using this theme in your own project? Submit a PR with your website added to this list!