How to query all the GraphQL type fields without writing a long query

Question

How to query all the fields without writing down a long query that includes the names of all the fields?

For example, If I have these fields :

 public function fields()
    {
        return [
            'id' => [
                'type' => Type::nonNull(Type::string()),
                'description' => 'The id of the user'
            ],
            'username' => [
                'type' => Type::string(),
                'description' => 'The email of user'
            ], 
             'count' => [
                'type' => Type::int(),
                'description' => 'login count for the user'
            ]

        ];
    }

To query all the fields usually the query is something like this:

FetchUsers{users(id:"2"){id,username,count}}

But I want a way to have the same results without writing all the fields, something like this:

FetchUsers{users(id:"2"){*}}
//or
FetchUsers{users(id:"2")}

Is there a way to do this in GraphQL ??

I'm using Folkloreatelier/laravel-graphql library.

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

GraphQL query format was designed in order to allow:

1. Both query and result shape be exactly the same.
2. The server knows exactly the requested fields, thus the client downloads only essential data.

However, according to GraphQL documentation, you may create fragments in order to make selection sets more reusable:

# Only most used selection properties

fragment UserDetails on User {
    id,
    username
} 

Then you could query all user details by:

FetchUsers {
    users() {
        ...UserDetails
    }
}

You can also add additional fields alongside your fragment:

FetchUserById($id: ID!) {
    users(id: $id) {
        ...UserDetails
        count
    }
}