GraphQL binding spec

Component format

To setup GraphQL binding create a component of type bindings.graphql. See this guide on how to create and apply a binding configuration. To separate normal config settings (e.g. endpoint) from headers, “header:” is used a prefix on the header names.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: example.bindings.graphql
spec:
  type: bindings.graphql
  version: v1
  metadata:
    - name: endpoint
      value: "http://localhost:8080/v1/graphql"
    - name: header:x-hasura-access-key
      value: "adminkey"
    - name: header:Cache-Control
      value: "no-cache"

Spec metadata fields

Endpoint and Header format

The GraphQL binding uses GraphQL client internally.

Binding support

This component supports output binding with the following operations:

• query
• mutation

query

The query operation is used for query statements, which returns the metadata along with data in a form of an array of row values.

Request

in := &dapr.InvokeBindingRequest{
Name:      "example.bindings.graphql",
Operation: "query",
Metadata: map[string]string{ "query": `query { users { name } }`},
}

To use a query that requires query variables, add a key-value pair to the metadata map, wherein every key corresponding to a query variable is the variable name prefixed with variable:

in := &dapr.InvokeBindingRequest{
Name: "example.bindings.graphql",
Operation: "query",
Metadata: map[string]string{ 
  "query": `query HeroNameAndFriends($episode: string!) { hero(episode: $episode) { name } }`,
  "variable:episode": "JEDI",
}

Related links

• Basic schema for a Dapr component
• Bindings building block
• How-To: Trigger application with input binding
• How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources
• Bindings API reference