ariadne

Ariadne

Ariadne is a Python library for implementing GraphQL servers.

• Schema-first: Ariadne enables Python developers to use schema-first approach to the API implementation. This is the leading approach used by the GraphQL community and supported by dozens of frontend and backend developer tools, examples, and learning resources. Ariadne makes all of this immediately available to you and other members of your team.
• Simple: Ariadne offers small, consistent and easy to memorize API that lets developers focus on business problems, not the boilerplate.
• Open: Ariadne was designed to be modular and open for customization. If you are missing or unhappy with something, extend or easily swap with your own.

Documentation is available here.

Ariadne ecosystem

Features

• Simple, quick to learn and easy to memorize API.
• Queries, mutations and input types.
• Asynchronous resolvers and query execution.
• Subscriptions (async and sync generators, with customizable handlers).
• Custom scalars, enums and schema directives.
• Unions and interfaces.
• File uploads.
• Defining schema using SDL strings.
• Loading schema from .graphql, .gql, and .graphqls files.
• ASGI and WSGI support, with integrations for Django, FastAPI, Flask, and Starlette.
• Opt-in automatic resolvers mapping between camelCase123 and snake_case_123.
• Automated integration with SQLAlchemy 2.0 for zero-boilerplate resolvers and N+1 prevention.
• OpenTelemetry extension for API monitoring.
• Built-in GraphiQL explorer for development and testing.
• GraphQL syntax validation via gql() helper function.
• No global state or object registry, support for multiple GraphQL APIs in same codebase with explicit type reuse.
• Support for Apollo Federation.

Installation

Ariadne can be installed with pip:

pip install ariadne

Ariadne requires Python 3.10 or higher (up to 3.14).

Quickstart

The following example creates an API defining Person type and single query field people returning a list of two persons. It also starts a local dev server with GraphiQL available on the http://127.0.0.1:8000 address.

Start by installing uvicorn, an ASGI server we will use to serve the API:

pip install uvicorn

Then create an example.py file for your example application:

from ariadne import ObjectType, QueryType, gql, make_executable_schema
from ariadne.asgi import GraphQL

# Define types using Schema Definition Language (https://graphql.org/learn/schema/)
# Wrapping string in gql function provides validation and better error traceback
type_defs = gql("""
    type Query {
        people: [Person!]!
    }

    type Person {
        firstName: String
        lastName: String
        age: Int
        fullName: String
    }
""")

# Map resolver functions to Query fields using QueryType
query = QueryType()

# Resolvers are simple python functions
@query.field("people")
def resolve_people(*_):
    return [
        {"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe", "age": 21},
        {"firstName": "Bob", "lastName": "Boberson", "age": 24},
    ]


# Map resolver functions to custom type fields using ObjectType
person = ObjectType("Person")

@person.field("fullName")
def resolve_person_fullname(person, *_):
    return "%s %s" % (person["firstName"], person["lastName"])

# Create executable GraphQL schema
schema = make_executable_schema(type_defs, query, person)

# Create an ASGI app using the schema, running in debug mode
app = GraphQL(schema, debug=True)

Finally run the server:

uvicorn example:app

For more guides and examples, please see the documentation.

Versioning policy

ariadne follows Semantic Versioning.

Contributing

We are welcoming contributions to Ariadne! If you’ve found a bug or issue, feel free to use GitHub issues. If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to catch us on GitHub discussions.

For guidance and instructions, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Website and the docs have their own GitHub repository: mirumee/ariadne-website

Creators

Ariadne GraphQL is brought to you by Mirumee.

Mirumee is an Agent-Native Engineering Lab with 15+ years of experience in delivering technologies. We provide the architectural expertise needed to build critical systems for Commerce and MedTech. Scaling a complex platform? Consult us.

Created with ❤️ by Mirumee

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