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Understanding Queries in GraphQL

Updated on October 28, 2020
๐Ÿ‘ Understanding Queries in GraphQL

Introduction

In this tutorial, weโ€™ll take an in-depth look at queries in GraphQL so that you better understand how to retrieve data from a GraphQL server. We will cover fields, arguments, aliases, operation syntax, and more. Once you have finished, you will be able to leverage the functionality of queries to build better APIs with GraphQL.

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๐Ÿ‘ Peter Ekene
Peter Ekene
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// Query Variables
{
 "itemIdDirective": true
}

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// Query Variables
{
 "playerShirtDirective": true
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