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Oct 23, 2019
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Bob Van Landuyt
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Sean McGivern
Oct 23, 2019
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Document finding objects by id in GraphQL
We prefer not exposing a database ID directly.
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@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ a new presenter specifically for GraphQL.
The presenter is initialized using the object resolved by a field, and
the context.
### Exposing Global
id
s
### Exposing Global
ID
s
When exposing an
`
id
`
field on a type, we will by default try to
expose a global
id
by calling
`to_global_id`
on the resource being
When exposing an
`
ID
`
field on a type, we will by default try to
expose a global
ID
by calling
`to_global_id`
on the resource being
rendered.
To override this behaviour, you can implement an
`id`
method on the
type for which you are exposing an
id
. Please make sure that when
type for which you are exposing an
ID
. Please make sure that when
exposing a
`GraphQL::ID_TYPE`
using a custom method that it is
globally unique.
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@@ -350,7 +350,10 @@ To find objects to display in a field, we can add resolvers to
`app/graphql/resolvers`
.
Arguments can be defined within the resolver, those arguments will be
made available to the fields using the resolver.
made available to the fields using the resolver. When exposing a model
that had an internal ID (
`iid`
), prefer using that in combination with
the namespace path as arguments in a resolver over a database
ID. Othewise use a
[
globally unique ID
](
#exposing-global-ids
)
.
We already have a
`FullPathLoader`
that can be included in other
resolvers to quickly find Projects and Namespaces which will have a
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@@ -365,6 +368,10 @@ actions. In the same way a GET-request should not modify data, we
cannot modify data in a regular GraphQL-query. We can however in a
mutation.
To find objects for a mutation, arguments need to be specified. As with
[
resolvers
](
#resolvers
)
, prefer using internal ID or, if needed, a
global ID rather than the database ID.
### Fields
In the most common situations, a mutation would return 2 fields:
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