anotherExample.js

const { GraphQLClient } = require('graphql-request');

const client = new GraphQLClient('https://api.github.com/graphql', {
  headers: { Authorization: 'token XXXX' }
});

(async () => {
  try {
    const query = `
    { viewer { name repositories(isFork: true, first: 10) { edges { node { createdAt name databaseId } cursor } totalCount pageInfo { endCursor startCursor hasNextPage hasPreviousPage } } } }
  `;
    const data = await client.request(query);

    console.log(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error.message);
  }
})();

example.js

const axios = require('axios');

(async () => {
  try {
    const query = `
    { viewer { name repositories(isFork: true, first: 10) { edges { node { createdAt name databaseId } cursor } totalCount pageInfo { endCursor startCursor hasNextPage hasPreviousPage } } } }
  `;
    const { data, error } = await axios.post(
      'https://api.github.com/graphql',
      { query },
      {
        headers: {
          Authorization: 'token XXXXXX',
          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }
      }
    );

    console.log(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error.message);
  }
})();

thisIsDope.js

const gql = require('graphql-tag');
const { ApolloClient } = require('apollo-client');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const { createHttpLink } = require('apollo-link-http');
const { setContext } = require('apollo-link-context');
const { InMemoryCache } = require('apollo-cache-inmemory');

const httpLink = createHttpLink({
  uri: 'https://api.github.com/graphql',
  fetch
});

const authLink = setContext((_, { headers }) =>
  // return the headers to the context so httpLink can read them
  ({
    headers: { Authorization: 'token XXX' }
  })
);

const client = new ApolloClient({
  link: authLink.concat(httpLink),
  cache: new InMemoryCache()
});

(async () => {
  try {
    const query = gql`
      query {
        viewer {
          name
          repositories(isFork: true, first: 10) {
            edges {
              node {
                createdAt
                name
                databaseId
              }
              cursor
            }
            totalCount
            pageInfo {
              endCursor
              startCursor
              hasNextPage
              hasPreviousPage
            }
          }
        }
      }
    `;

    const data = await client.query({ query });

    console.log(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error.message);
  }
})();

I hope 🤞 this helps any one trying to setup graphql fetching of a resource in a node app.