Update
Using graphql-cli is now the recommended workflow to get and update your schema.
The following commands will get you started:
# install via NPM
npm install -g graphql-cli
# Setup your .graphqlconfig file (configure endpoints + schema path)
graphql init
# Download the schema from the server
graphql get-schema
You can even listen for schema changes and continuously update your schema by running:
graphql get-schema --watch
In case you just want to download the GraphQL schema, use the following approach:
The easiest way to get a GraphQL schema is using the CLI tool get-graphql-schema.
You can install it via NPM:
npm install -g get-graphql-schema
There are two ways to get your schema. 1) GraphQL IDL format or 2) JSON introspection query format.
GraphQL IDL format
get-graphql-schema ENDPOINT_URL > schema.graphql
JSON introspection format
get-graphql-schema ENDPOINT_URL --json > schema.json
or
get-graphql-schema ENDPOINT_URL -j > schema.json
For more information you can refer to the following tutorial: How to download the GraphQL IDL Schema