🚀 GraphRAG API Service

A production-ready, enterprise-grade FastAPI service for GraphRAG (Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation) operations with comprehensive security, performance monitoring, and multi-workspace support.

✨ Key Features

🔐 Enterprise Security

• Zero Critical Vulnerabilities: Comprehensive security audit passed
• Path Traversal Protection: Advanced input validation and containment checking
• JWT Authentication: Secure token-based authentication with RBAC
• API Key Management: Granular access control with role-based permissions
• Security Middleware: Rate limiting, CORS, security headers

📊 Dual API Architecture

• GraphQL API: Modern, flexible query language with real-time subscriptions
• REST API: Traditional endpoints with comprehensive OpenAPI documentation
• 100% Feature Parity: All operations available through both interfaces
• Interactive Playgrounds: Built-in GraphQL Playground and Swagger UI

🏗️ Production Architecture

• Multi-Workspace Support: Isolated environments for different projects
• Performance Monitoring: Real-time metrics with Prometheus integration
• Distributed Caching: Redis-based caching with intelligent invalidation
• Database Abstraction: SQLite for lightweight deployment, PostgreSQL ready
• Containerized Deployment: Docker and Docker Compose support

🎯 GraphRAG Integration

• Microsoft GraphRAG: Complete integration with the GraphRAG framework
• Knowledge Graph Operations: Entity and relationship querying with advanced analytics
• Indexing Management: Background job processing with progress tracking
• Advanced Query Engine: Multi-hop queries, community detection, centrality analysis

🔄 Workspace Lifecycle Management

• Automatic Cleanup: Configurable TTL-based workspace expiration
• Usage Tracking: Comprehensive metrics for access patterns and resource utilization
• Idle Detection: Smart cleanup based on workspace activity patterns
• Size Management: Automatic cleanup when workspaces exceed size limits
• Graceful Handling: Active operation detection with configurable grace periods
• Manual Controls: Force cleanup and manual cleanup cycle triggers via API

Workspace Lifecycle Flow

graph TD
    A[Workspace Created] --> B[Usage Tracking Started]
    B --> C{Workspace Active?}
    C -->|Yes| D[Update Access Time]
    C -->|No| E{Check Cleanup Criteria}

    D --> F[Track Operations]
    F --> G[Update Metrics]
    G --> C

    E --> H{TTL Expired?}
    E --> I{Idle Too Long?}
    E --> J{Size Exceeded?}

    H -->|Yes| K[Mark for Cleanup]
    I -->|Yes| K
    J -->|Yes| K
    H -->|No| L[Continue Monitoring]
    I -->|No| L
    J -->|No| L

    K --> M{Active Operations?}
    M -->|Yes| N[Wait Grace Period]
    M -->|No| O[Archive Workspace]

    N --> P{Grace Period Expired?}
    P -->|No| M
    P -->|Yes| O

    O --> Q[Remove Files]
    Q --> R[Delete from Database]
    R --> S[Update Statistics]

    L --> T[Sleep Interval]
    T --> C

    style A fill:#e1f5fe
    style K fill:#fff3e0
    style O fill:#ffebee
    style S fill:#e8f5e8

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🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

# System Requirements
Python 3.9+
Redis 6.0+ (optional, for caching)
Docker & Docker Compose (for containerized deployment)

# Hardware Recommendations
RAM: 4GB+ (8GB+ for production)
CPU: 2+ cores
Storage: 10GB+ available space

🔧 Installation

Option 1: Local Development

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/pierregrothe/graphrag-api.git
cd graphrag-api

# 2. Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# 3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 4. Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your configuration (see Configuration section)

# 5. Initialize database
python -m src.graphrag_api_service.database.init_db

# 6. Start the service
python -m uvicorn src.graphrag_api_service.main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Option 2: Docker Deployment

# 1. Clone and configure
git clone https://github.com/pierregrothe/graphrag-api.git
cd graphrag-api
cp .env.example .env

# 2. Start with Docker Compose
docker-compose up -d

# 3. Check service health
curl http://localhost:8000/health

🎯 First Steps

# 1. Access the APIs
# REST API Documentation: http://localhost:8000/docs
# GraphQL Playground: http://localhost:8000/graphql
# Health Check: http://localhost:8000/health

# 2. Create your first workspace
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/workspaces" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "my-project", "description": "My first GraphRAG workspace"}'

# 3. Start indexing (replace {workspace_id} with actual ID)
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/indexing/jobs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"workspace_id": "{workspace_id}", "data_path": "/path/to/your/data"}'

📋 System Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph "Client Layer"
        A[Web Client]
        B[API Client]
        C[GraphQL Client]
    end

    subgraph "API Gateway"
        D[FastAPI Router]
        E[GraphQL Schema]
        F[Authentication]
        G[Rate Limiting]
    end

    subgraph "Business Logic"
        H[Workspace Manager]
        I[Graph Operations]
        J[Indexing Engine]
        K[Query Processor]
    end

    subgraph "Data Layer"
        L[(SQLite/PostgreSQL)]
        M[Redis Cache]
        N[File Storage]
        O[Vector Store]
    end

    subgraph "External Services"
        P[LLM Providers]
        Q[Monitoring]
        R[Logging]
    end

    A --> D
    B --> D
    C --> E
    D --> F
    D --> G
    E --> F
    F --> H
    F --> I
    F --> J
    F --> K
    H --> L
    I --> M
    J --> N
    K --> O
    I --> P
    J --> P
    K --> P
    D --> Q
    E --> Q
    H --> R
    I --> R
    J --> R
    K --> R

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⚙️ Configuration

Environment Variables

Create a .env file with the following configuration:

# Application Settings
APP_NAME="GraphRAG API Service"
DEBUG=false
PORT=8000
LOG_LEVEL=INFO

# Security (REQUIRED for production)
JWT_SECRET_KEY=your-super-secret-jwt-key-here
API_KEY_SECRET=your-api-key-secret-here

# GraphRAG Configuration
GRAPHRAG_DATA_PATH=/path/to/graphrag/data
BASE_WORKSPACES_PATH=workspaces

# Workspace Lifecycle Management
WORKSPACE_TTL_HOURS=24                    # Default workspace TTL (0 = no expiration)
WORKSPACE_CLEANUP_ENABLED=true           # Enable automatic cleanup
WORKSPACE_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MINUTES=60    # Cleanup cycle interval
WORKSPACE_MAX_IDLE_HOURS=12              # Max idle time before cleanup
WORKSPACE_GRACE_PERIOD_MINUTES=30        # Grace period for active operations
WORKSPACE_MAX_SIZE_MB=1000               # Max workspace size (0 = no limit)
WORKSPACE_USAGE_TRACKING_ENABLED=true    # Enable usage tracking

# LLM Provider Settings
LLM_PROVIDER=ollama  # or google_gemini
OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434
OLLAMA_LLM_MODEL=gemma:4b
OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=nomic-embed-text

# Google Gemini (if using)
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your-google-api-key
GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id

# Database
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./data/graphrag.db

# Redis Cache (optional)
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
CACHE_TTL=3600

# Monitoring
ENABLE_METRICS=true
METRICS_PORT=9090

Security Configuration

For production deployment, ensure:

# Generate secure keys
JWT_SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
API_KEY_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

# Set secure permissions
chmod 600 .env

# Use environment-specific configurations
export ENVIRONMENT=production

🔐 Security Features

Path Traversal Protection

Our service implements comprehensive path traversal protection:

# Secure workspace path validation
def validate_workspace_path(workspace_id: str, settings) -> str:
    """Validate and resolve workspace path to prevent traversal attacks."""
    # Input format validation
    # Path resolution and containment checking
    # Directory existence verification
    # Secure error handling

Authentication & Authorization

• JWT Tokens: Secure, stateless authentication with singleton token management
• API Keys: Service-to-service authentication with granular scopes
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Granular permissions and workspace isolation
• Rate Limiting: Advanced protection against abuse with configurable thresholds
• Session Management: Secure session handling with automatic cleanup

Recent Security Enhancements (2025)

• 🔒 Caching Security: Migrated from pickle to JSON serialization, eliminating deserialization vulnerabilities
• 🛡️ JWT Token Management: Implemented singleton pattern for consistent token blacklist across requests
• ⚡ Authentication Exception Handling: Enhanced error handling with proper HTTP status code mapping
• 🔐 Password Validation: Strengthened password requirements with comprehensive validation
• 🚨 Security Logging: Enhanced security event logging with detailed audit trails

Security Headers

• Content Security Policy (CSP)
• X-Frame-Options
• X-Content-Type-Options
• Strict-Transport-Security

Security Audit Results

• ✅ Zero Critical Vulnerabilities: All security issues resolved
• ✅ 100% Test Coverage: Comprehensive authentication and security testing
• ✅ Production Ready: Enterprise-grade security controls implemented

📊 API Documentation

REST API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/health	GET	Service health check
/api/workspaces	GET, POST	Workspace management
/api/workspaces/{id}	GET, PUT, DELETE	Individual workspace operations
/api/workspaces/{id}/cleanup	POST	Force cleanup specific workspace
/api/workspaces/cleanup/stats	GET	Get cleanup service statistics
/api/workspaces/cleanup/run	POST	Trigger manual cleanup cycle
/api/graph/entities	GET	Query graph entities
/api/graph/relationships	GET	Query graph relationships
/api/graph/communities	GET	Query graph communities
/api/indexing/jobs	GET, POST	Indexing job management
/api/system/status	GET	System status and metrics

GraphQL Schema

type Query {
    workspaces(limit: Int, offset: Int): WorkspaceConnection
    entities(workspaceId: String!, limit: Int): EntityConnection
    relationships(workspaceId: String!, limit: Int): RelationshipConnection
    communities(workspaceId: String!): [Community]
    systemHealth: SystemHealth
}

type Mutation {
    createWorkspace(input: WorkspaceCreateInput!): Workspace
    updateWorkspace(id: String!, input: WorkspaceUpdateInput!): Workspace
    deleteWorkspace(id: String!): Boolean
    startIndexing(input: IndexingJobInput!): IndexingJob
}

type Subscription {
    indexingProgress(jobId: String!): IndexingProgress
    systemMetrics: SystemMetrics
}

🏗️ Module Architecture

The service is organized into focused, loosely-coupled modules:

• auth/ - Authentication & authorization system
• caching/ - Redis caching implementation
• database/ - SQLite database abstraction
• graph/ - Graph operations & analysis
• graphql/ - GraphQL API layer
• middleware/ - Security & performance middleware
• performance/ - Monitoring & optimization
• routes/ - REST API endpoints
• system/ - System health & operations
• workspace/ - Multi-workspace management

🚀 Deployment

Docker Compose (Development)

version: "3.8"
services:
    graphrag-api:
        build: .
        ports:
            - "8000:8000"
        environment:
            - DEBUG=true
            - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
        depends_on:
            - redis
        volumes:
            - ./data:/app/data
            - ./workspaces:/app/workspaces

    redis:
        image: redis:7-alpine
        ports:
            - "6379:6379"

Production Deployment

# Build production image
docker build -t graphrag-api:latest .

# Run with production settings
docker run -d \
  --name graphrag-api \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e ENVIRONMENT=production \
  -e JWT_SECRET_KEY=${JWT_SECRET_KEY} \
  -v /data/graphrag:/app/data \
  graphrag-api:latest

📈 Performance Monitoring

Metrics Available

• Request latency and throughput
• Database query performance
• Cache hit/miss rates
• Memory and CPU usage
• GraphRAG operation metrics

Health Checks

• /health - Basic service health
• /health/detailed - Comprehensive system status
• /metrics - Prometheus metrics endpoint

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=src/graphrag_api_service --cov-report=html

# Run specific test categories
pytest tests/unit/
pytest tests/integration/
pytest tests/security/

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Development Setup

# Install development dependencies
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

# Install pre-commit hooks
pre-commit install

# Run code quality checks
ruff check src/
mypy src/
black src/
isort src/

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Microsoft GraphRAG - Core GraphRAG implementation
• FastAPI - Modern web framework
• Strawberry GraphQL - GraphQL library for Python
• Redis - In-memory data structure store

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