Query Variables

What is a variable in GraphQL context?

GraphQL has a first-class way to factor dynamic values out of the query, and pass them as a separate dictionary. These values are called variables. In our case, we are defining the object to be inserted as a mutation.

So let's define the graphql mutation to be used.

Open src/components/Todo/TodoInput.js and add the following code:

src/components/Todo/TodoInput.js

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import React from 'react';
+ import { gql } from "@apollo/client";

+ const ADD_TODO = gql `
+  mutation ($todo: String!, $isPublic: Boolean!) {
+    insert_todos(objects: {title: $todo, is_public: $isPublic}) {
+      affected_rows
+      returning {
+        id
+        title
+        created_at
+        is_completed
+      }
+    }
+  }
+ `;

const TodoInput = ({isPublic=false}) => {
  return (
    <form className="formInput" onSubmit={(e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
    }}>
      <input
        className="input"
        placeholder="What needs to be done?"
      />
      <i className="inputMarker fa fa-angle-right" />
    </form>
  );
};

export default TodoInput;

What does this mutation do?

The mutation inserts into todos table with the $objects variable being passed as one todo type.

Awesome! We have defined our first graphql mutation.