Connection "default" not found

Issue type:

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Database system/driver:

[ ] cordova [ ] mongodb [ ] mssql [ ] mysql / mariadb [ ] oracle [x] postgres [ ] cockroachdb [ ] sqlite [ ] sqljs [ ] react-native [ ] expo

TypeORM version:

[ ] latest [ ] @next [x] 0.2.14

I’ve tried the other issues related to this but none worked unfortunately.

I’m using Typeorm in combination with Express and Apollo Server

The createConnection step goes well, but when I’m calling a specific resolver (the Register one, a Graphql mutation resolver to sign up to my app), I’m getting Uncaught (in promise) Error: GraphQL error: Connection "default" was not found. in my browser console

How I create my connection :

await createConnection(connectionOptions);

the value of connectionOptions is what I have in my ormconfig.js :

module.exports = {
  name: "production",
  type: "postgres",
  host: "db", // db is the name of my Docker service running the database
  port: 5432,
  username: process.env.ORM_USER,
  password: process.env.ORM_PASSWORD,
  database: process.env.ORM_DB,
  synchronize: true,
  logging: false,
  entities: [process.env.ORM_ENTITIES],
  migrations: [process.env.ORM_MIGRATIONS],
  subscribers: [process.env.ORM_SUBSCRIBERS],
  cli: {
    entitiesDir: process.env.ORM_ENTITIES_DIR,
    migrationsDir: process.env.ORM_MIGRATIONS_DIR,
    subscribersDir: process.env.ORM_SUBSCRIBERS_DIR
  }
};

my env variables seem correct (ORM_ENTITIES = “dist/entity/**/*.js”, which is the correct path)

my User entity :

...
@Entity()
export class User extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn("uuid")
  id: string;

  @Column("text")
  email: string;

  @Column("text", { nullable: true })
  username: string | null;

  @Column("text")
  password: string;
...

The problem doesn’t seem to be in my resolver, because the console.logs I put in it are not reached

This issue occurs in production, I don’t have it in local development

[drewjbartlett]

If this is still an issue for anyone, I’ve solved it by making a factory function:

import { getRepository } from 'typeorm/browser';
import { UserEntity, UserModel } from './schema';

export function getUserRepository() {
  return getRepository<UserModel>(UserEntity);
}

And then I import the function to use:

import { getUserRepository } from '...';

getUserRepository().findOne(1);

[wijourdil]

I got the same issue and solved it by using

getRepository(Entity).find()...

instead of

Entity.find()...