GraphQL query
A GraphQL query is a read-only operation in which a client specifies the fields and data it wants returned by a GraphQL service.
Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core
A GraphQL query is a client-specified operation that selects the fields and data to retrieve from a GraphQL API.
- How it is used
- Uses client-selected fields and arguments to retrieve precisely shaped data from a GraphQL API.
- How deep it goes
- Demonstrates field selection, relationships, filtering, ordering, limits, execution, and response verification, but defers formal syntax details.
- Examples
- Uses board-game listings, related domains and mechanics, name filters, sorted results, and an Axis & Allies update workflow.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via BananaCakePop to retrieve selected board-game data, verify responses, and prepare data-changing mutations.
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Contract Testing in Action
A GraphQL query is a client-specified request describing the fields and data structure to retrieve from a GraphQL API.
- How it is used
- Retrieves consumer-selected fields from a GraphQL API through one structured request.
- How deep it goes
- Explains selection sets, operation names, variables, schema validation, resolvers, and contract expectations, but not query execution internals.
- Examples
- Uses movie-list and single-movie queries, movie landing-page data, Apollo Client definitions, and Pact GraphQL interactions.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Apollo Client to request selected fields, pass variables, handle errors, and verify response contracts.
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Related concepts
- BananaCakePopused by · Banana Cake Pop is a web-based GraphQL client and IDE for composing, executing, and inspecting GraphQL operations.
- GraphQL serveruses · A GraphQL server is a service that exposes a GraphQL schema and executes client queries against that schema and its data sources.
- endpointuses · An endpoint is a network-accessible address or interface through which a service exposes a resource or operation and handles requests and responses.
- database management tooluses · A database management system is software that defines, stores, retrieves, modifies, and administers database data and controls access to it.
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