Clean way to seed the database

1. Temporarily open another backend with permissions disabled
2. Connect to this backend and run seed data

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "start": "./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec babel-node src/index.js",
     "start:debug": "./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec babel-node --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229 src/index.js",
-    "seedDb": "cross-env IS_SEEDING='true' ./node_modules/.bin/babel-node src/seed/seed-db.js && cross-env IS_SEEDING=false"
+    "db:seed": "concurrently --kill-others --success first 'cross-env GRAPHQL_URI=http://localhost:4001 PERMISSIONS=disabled GRAPHQL_LISTEN_PORT=4001 yarn run start' 'wait-on tcp:4001 && cross-env GRAPHQL_URI=http://localhost:4001 ./node_modules/.bin/babel-node src/seed/seed-db.js'"
   },
   "author": "Grzegorz Leoniec",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "apollo-server": "^2.0.4",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.2",
-    "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "date-fns": "^2.0.0-alpha.24",
     "dotenv": "^6.0.0",
     "graphql-custom-directives": "^0.2.13",
@@ -44,7 +43,10 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0",
+    "concurrently": "^4.1.0",
+    "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "faker": "^4.1.0",
-    "nodemon": "^1.18.4"
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.4",
+    "wait-on": "^3.2.0"
   }
 }

src/index.js

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ server.express.use(passport.initialize())
 server.express.post('/graphql', passport.authenticate(['jwt'], { session: false }))
 
 const serverConfig = {
-  port: 4000
+  port: process.env.GRAPHQL_LISTEN_PORT
   // cors: {
   //   credentials: true,
   //   origin: [process.env.CLIENT_URI] // your frontend url.

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ import dateTimeMiddleware from './dateTimeMiddleware';
 import xssMiddleware from './xssMiddleware';
 import permissionsMiddleware from './permissionsMiddleware';
 
-export default schema => [
-  permissionsMiddleware.generate(schema),
-  passwordMiddleware,
-  dateTimeMiddleware,
-  sluggifyMiddleware,
-  excerptMiddleware,
-  xssMiddleware,
-  fixImageUrlsMiddleware,
-  softDeleteMiddleware
-]
+export default schema => {
+  let middleware = [
+    passwordMiddleware,
+    dateTimeMiddleware,
+    sluggifyMiddleware,
+    excerptMiddleware,
+    xssMiddleware,
+    fixImageUrlsMiddleware,
+    softDeleteMiddleware
+  ]
+  if (process.env.PERMISSIONS !== 'disabled') {
+    middleware.push(permissionsMiddleware.generate(schema))
+  }
+  return middleware
+}

src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.js

@@ -1,36 +1,15 @@
 import { rule, shield, and, or, not, allow } from 'graphql-shield'
 
 const isAuthenticated = rule()(async (parent, args, ctx, info) => {
-  // TODO: how to get this working while seeding?
-  console.log('isSeeding', process.env.IS_SEEDING)
-  if (process.env.IS_SEEDING === true) {
-    return true
-  }
   return ctx.user !== null
 })
 const isOwner = rule()(async (parent, args, ctx, info) => {
-  // TODO: how to get this working while seeding?
-  console.log('isSeeding', process.env.IS_SEEDING)
-  if (process.env.IS_SEEDING === true) {
-    return true
-  }
-  console.log('parent', parent)
   return ctx.user.id === parent.id
 })
 const isAdmin = rule()(async (parent, args, ctx, info) => {
-  // TODO: how to get this working while seeding?
-  console.log('isSeeding', process.env.IS_SEEDING)
-  if (process.env.IS_SEEDING === true) {
-    return true
-  }
   return ctx.user.role === 'ADMIN'
 })
 const isModerator = rule()(async (parent, args, ctx, info) => {
-  // TODO: how to get this working while seeding?
-  console.log('isSeeding', process.env.IS_SEEDING)
-  if (process.env.IS_SEEDING === true) {
-    return true
-  }
   return ctx.user.role === 'MODERATOR'
 })