GhibliQL

GhibliQL is a GraphQL wrapper to the Studio Ghibli REST API

Build & Run

GhibliQL runs locally in Docker, there is a Makefile to help you:

command	description
make pull	pull httpd and redis docker images
make build	build the php image
make prod	download the minimum PHP packages
make dev	download the optional PHP packages
make run	run the server locally, on port 8080

Usage

First, you'll need a GraphQL client to query GhibliQL, like Insomnia or GraphQL IDE

Then, launch the server with make run, then configure your GraphQL client to use the endpoint http://localhost:8080

Finally, you'll be able to explore the API using "easy-to-understand" GraphQL query.

For example, if I want the full list of films title, director, and characters name:

{
    films {
    title
    director
    people {
      name
    }
  }
}

This will output (partial output here):

"data": {
    "films": [
      {
        "title": "Castle in the Sky",
        "director": "Hayao Miyazaki",
        "people": [
          {
            "name": "Colonel Muska"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "My Neighbor Totoro",
        "director": "Hayao Miyazaki",
        "people": [
          {
            "name": "Satsuki Kusakabe"
          },
          {
            "name": "Mei Kusakabe"
          },
          {
            "name": "Tatsuo Kusakabe"
          },
          {
            "name": "Yasuko Kusakabe"
          },
          {
            "name": "Totoro"
          },
          {
            "name": "Catbus"
          },
          {
            "name": "Granny"
          },
          {
            "name": "Kanta Ogaki"
          }
        ]
      },
    ...
    ]
}

If you want to work on a specific object, you'll first need to get his ID:

{
    films {
    id
    title
  }
}

  "data": {
    "films": [
      {
        "id": "2baf70d1-42bb-4437-b551-e5fed5a87abe",
        "title": "Castle in the Sky"
      },
      {
        "id": "12cfb892-aac0-4c5b-94af-521852e46d6a",
        "title": "Grave of the Fireflies"
      },
      {
        "id": "58611129-2dbc-4a81-a72f-77ddfc1b1b49",
        "title": "My Neighbor Totoro"
      },
      {
        "id": "ea660b10-85c4-4ae3-8a5f-41cea3648e3e",
        "title": "Kiki's Delivery Service"
      },
    ...
    ]
  }

Then query with the ID (for example, for "Castle in the Sky"):

{
    film(id:"2baf70d1-42bb-4437-b551-e5fed5a87abe") {
    title
    director
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "film": {
      "title": "Castle in the Sky",
      "director": "Hayao Miyazaki"
    }
  }
}

You've tons of data available, feel free to explore :)

Limitation

Because it's a wrapper, the data returns are provided by the original API. Any errors / missing data need to be reported to GhibliAPI.

Credits

Of course, big thanks to James Anaipakos for his awesome work on the REST API !