How do I stringify a nested object to make graphql/GET request using queryParams?

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I need to make a request from my node server, to a graphQL API. The graphQL API I am using takes the query as the URL's query params, not in the body of the request. It also does not accept POST requests. I am having an issue stringifying something like

const query = {
    student(id: studentId) {
      personal {
        address
        grade
        etc {morestuff}
      }
    }
  }

how do I stringify this to send it as queryParams? I have tried the querystring module querystring(query) but it returns something like student= and that's it. I have tried JSON.stringify and was also unsuccessful. I need the above, to look like:

query=%7B%0A%20%20%20%20student(id%3A%20studentId)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20personal%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20address%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20grade%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20etc%20%7Bmorestuff%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D

(I used an online encoder/decoder for that!)

I know that there are GraphQL client libs out there but I am unsure if they are to be used server-to-server, I see them used from browser/clients. If I should be using a client lib, can you recommend one (a lightweight preferably) that supports GET requests (the last one I tried did not - it was called Prisma)

Any help is appreciated :)

HolyMoly · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-13 02:25:51Z

1

this works for me, creating a function:

function encode(query) {
  return encodeURIComponent(query).replace(/'/g, "%27").replace(/"/g, "%22");
}

and passing:

const query = {
    student(id: studentId) {
      personal {
        address
        grade
        etc {morestuff}
      }
    }
  }

returns desired results. Hope this helps someone.

answered Sep 13, 2019 at 2:25

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