我们如何递归地内省GraphQL模式?

时间:2018-01-17 08:22:08

标签: graphql graphql-js

如果客户不了解架构并且想要内省并理解GraphQL API,那么GraphQL似乎无法支持递归内省。请参阅以下有关我的观点的示例

首先,以下是我在高级别的架构定义:

// schema.js
...
...     
const AuthorType = new GraphQLObjectType({
  name: "Author",
  description: "This represent an author",
  fields: () => ({
    id: {type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString)},
    name: {type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString)},
    twitterHandle: {type: GraphQLString}
  })
});

const PostType = new GraphQLObjectType({
  name: "Post",
  description: "This represent a Post",
  fields: () => ({
    id: {type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString)},
    title: {type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString)},
    body: {type: GraphQLString},
    author: {
      type: AuthorType,
      resolve: function(post) {
        return _.find(Authors, a => a.id == post.author_id);
      }
    }
  })
});

// This is the Root Query
const BlogQueryRootType = new GraphQLObjectType({
  name: 'BlogAppSchema',
  description: "Blog Application Schema Query Root",
  fields: () => ({
    authors: {
      type: new GraphQLList(AuthorType),
      description: "List of all Authors",
      resolve: function() {
        return Authors
      }
    },
    posts: {
      type: new GraphQLList(PostType),
      description: "List of all Posts",
      resolve: function() {
        return Posts
      }
    }
  })
});

当有人使用以下查询子句查询架构时:

{
  __type(name: "BlogAppSchema") {
    name
    fields {
      name
      description
      type {
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

她得到以下结果:

{
  "data": {
    "__type": {
      "name": "BlogAppSchema",
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "authors",
          "description": "List of all Authors",
          "type": {
            "name": null
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "posts",
          "description": "List of all Posts",
          "type": {
            "name": null
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

阅读源代码,我们知道作者是AuthorType的列表。但是,如果没有访问源代码的用户如何从上面得到的结果中进一步反省“作者”的领域(类型字段在这里显示“null”)?她似乎无法知道authors是上述结果中的Author列表。有没有办法让她进一步反省?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

name字段返回null,因为您的AuthorType被GraphQLList包装器包装。这意味着该字段返回有关包装器的信息,而不是基础类型。要获得该类型,您需要修改您的请求:

{
  __type(name: "BlogAppSchema") {
    name
    fields {
      name
      description
      type {
        name
        kind # this will show NON_NULL, LIST, SCALAR or OBJECT
        ofType { # if NON_NULL or LIST what is it a non-null or list *of*
          name
          kind
          # other fields, like "fields" which will be populated for an OBJECT
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

如果您使用多个包装器(即[作者]!或[作者!]!),您将需要更深入地"并请求嵌套的ofType字段:

{
  __type(name: "BlogAppSchema") {
    name
    fields {
      name
      description
      type {
        name
        kind 
        ofType { 
          name
          kind
          ofType {
            name
            kind
            ofType {
              name
              kind
              ofType {
                name
                kind
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

如果kindOBJECT,则会正确填充其fields字段。然后,您可以按上述方式请求每个字段的详细信息。当然,如果从那些字段返回任何OBJECT,您必须指定要从这些字段获取的信息。

您可以阅读有关内省here的更多信息。

内省可能非常混乱。如果您需要一种让GraphQL端点的使用者探索模式的方法,那么GraphiQL是一种更加用户友好的方式。还有动态生成文档的方法(like this)。