GraphQL Examples

Question

Is there a resource with a set of working GraphQL queries? I'm still mystified by it and the graphiql interface, although I suspect a ten minute intro video might help get me over the hump.

birger_eriksson · Answer

As the output in graphiql is JSON and hard to read I copy the output and paste it to a JSON-to-CSV converter (eg. https://www.convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm ) and export to Excel format. Then I get a more readable output with option to search, sort and filter.

dtod · Answer

As best I can tell, right now, GraphQL doesn't actually allow you to query (search) much, and is mostly about returning connected information once you have an item ID. I have not found a way to search for a set of courses for example and then do a query on those courses, or to search for a specific assignment and do something on that assignment. If I have an ID already and don't care about filtering the data, then GraphQL seems to work. I'd love for someone to tell me that I'm wrong FWIW. For example, I was asked to get data from a bunch of assignments in a set of courses. My approach at the moment is to use the REST API to identify the assignments, and then I can use GraphQL to return the data I want about that assignment in just one call, in this case, the name, email and when submitted. query MyQuery2 {
assignment(id: "3810829") {
id
name
course {
courseCode
}
submissionsConnection {
nodes {
submittedAt
user {
name
email
}
}
pageInfo {
endCursor
hasNextPage
}
}
}
}
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Robert · Answer

There are some resouces and example queries posted and listed in Awesome CanvasLMS #CanvasGraphQL

And while not a tutorial video, I put some videos of setting up and running some queries in Problems with using GraphiQL code in Insomnia

This is definitely an area that needs more community documentation.