Scalars

Built-In Scalars

The first step in our workflow is creating the uniform types that will serve as the building blocks for our api. These will serve two purposes: GraphQL schema generation, and compile time type safety for our resolvers. Let's begin with the built-in scalars. Uniform GraphQL ships with 5 built-in scalars:

Custom Scalars

Use the t.scalar type factory to create custom scalars, which will carry both runtime and compile time type information just like any other type in our system.