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Mutation arguments as object


I'm using the Go implemenatation of GraphQL.

How would you configure a mutation so that it can receive arguments with more than 1 level? For exemple, here is the list of arguments I would like to pass to a mutation CreateUser:

mutation createUser($user: CreateUser!) {
  createUser(input: $user)
}

{
  "user": {
    "name": {
      "first": "John",
      "last": "Doe"
    },
    "email": "john@doe.com"
  }
}

(Notice that I dont want to use firstname and lastname but a name object instead)

And this is my (unsuccessful) attempt so far:

var CreateUserInput = graphql.FieldConfigArgument{
    "input": &graphql.ArgumentConfig{
        Description: "Input for creating a new user",
        Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.NewInputObject(graphql.InputObjectConfig{
            Name: "CreateUser",
            Fields: graphql.InputObjectConfigFieldMap{
                "name": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                    Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.NewInputObject(graphql.InputObjectConfig{
                        Fields: graphql.InputObjectConfigFieldMap{
                            "first": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
                            },
                            "last": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
                            },
                        },
                    })),
                },
                "email": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                    Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
                },
            },
        })),
    },
}

Apparently the subfields first and last are not recognized as this is what I get when I run this mutation:

{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Variable \"$user\" got invalid value {\"email\":\"john@doe.com\",\"name\":{\"first\":\"john\",\"last\":\"doe\"}}.\nIn field \"name\": In field \"first\": Unknown field.\nIn field \"name\": In field \"last\": Unknown field.",
      "locations": [
        {
          "line": 1,
          "column": 21
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Is this even possible?

EDIT: See comments in the accepted answer for the solution.


Solution

  • This are my first ever lines of Go but I will try to convey what I think the problem is.

    First lets talk about the structure you want to be going for. I will use SDL here:

    type Mutation {
      createUser(user: CreateUser!): Boolean! # Maybe return user type here?
    }
    
    input CreateUser {
      name: CreateUserName!
      email: String!
    }
    
    input CreateUserName {
      first: String!
      last: String!
    }
    

    Okay now that we know that we need two input types lets get started!

    var CreateUserName = graphql.NewInputObject(graphql.InputObjectConfig{
        Name: "CreateUserName",
        Fields: graphql.InputObjectConfigFieldMap{
            "first": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
            },
            "last": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
            },
        },
    })
    
    var CreateUser = graphql.NewInputObject(graphql.InputObjectConfig{
        Name: "CreateUser",
        Fields: graphql.InputObjectConfigFieldMap{
            "name": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(CreateUserName),
            },
            "email": &graphql.InputObjectFieldConfig{
                Type: graphql.NewNonNull(graphql.String),
            },
        },
    })
    

    Now all that should be left is adding the mutation field to your mutation object type.