ignore some fileds when updating data - graphql

Question

how can i ignore username / email / phone validation check for current user when updating?
update: i also used class validation but user is null and cant reach the current user id there
updateUserMutator(input: UpdateUserInput! ): User #guard(with: ["api"])
input UpdateUserInput {
name: String! #rules(apply: ["min:1","max:255", "required"])
lastname: String! #rules(apply: ["min:1", "max:255", "required"])
username: String! #rules(apply: ["min:1","max:12", "unique:users,username", "regex:/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+/"])
email: String! #rules(apply: ["email", "unique:users,email", "required"])
phone: String! #rules(apply: ["required", "unique:users,phone", "regex:/[0-9]{10}/"])
}
used class validation:
final class UpdateUserInputValidator extends Validator
{
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Return the validation rules.
*
* #return array<string, array<mixed>>
*/
public function rules(): array
{
// get user from context
$id = auth()->id();
return [
'name' => ['sometimes', 'string', 'between:2,25'],
'lastname' => ['sometimes', 'string', 'between:2,25'],
'username' => [
'sometimes',
Rule::unique('users', 'username')->ignore($id, 'id'),
],
'email' => [
'sometimes',
'string',
'email',
'max:255',
Rule::unique('users', 'email')->ignore($id, 'id'),
],
'phone' => [
'sometimes',
'regex:/[0-9]{10}/',
Rule::unique('users', 'phone')->ignore($id, 'id'),
],
];
}
}
but user is null there.

Answer 1

There are more options available to do so.
You could create a mutation for every field you want to update. This way you ignore the other fields and just update the field in request. (more work)
You can do it with your defined input but you should remove the ! characters which makes the fields required. The updated input might look like:
input UpdateUserInput {
name: String #rules(apply: ["sometimes", "min:1", "max:255"])
lastname: String #rules(apply: ["sometimes", "min:1", "max:255"])
username: String #rules(apply: ["sometimes", "min:1", "max:12", "unique:users,username", "regex:/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+/"])
email: String #rules(apply: ["sometimes", "email", "unique:users,email"])
phone: String #rules(apply: ["sometimes", "unique:users,phone", "regex:/[0-9]{10}/"])
}
With the second approach you just send the fields you want to change.

Answer 2

You forget to update the upper part
input UpdateUserInput #validator {
name: String
lastname: String
username: String
email: String
phone: String
}