Apollo nodejs server; How to get mutation/query schema path in the request context when writing a plugin? - graphql

Question

I'm writing an Apollo server plugin for node.js, and my goal is to improve my teams debugging experience. My plugin currently looks something like this:
export function eddyApolloPlugin(): ApolloServerPlugin {
return {
requestDidStart(requestContext) {
// Set requestId on the header
const requestId = (requestContext?.context as EddyContext)?.requestId;
if (requestId) {
requestContext.response?.http?.headers.set('requestId', requestId);
}
return {
willSendResponse(context) { // <== Where do I find the "path" in the schema here?
// Inspired by this: https://blog.sentry.io/2020/07/22/handling-graphql-errors-using-sentry
// and the official documentation here: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/node/
// handle all errors
for (const error of requestContext?.errors || []) {
handleError(error, context);
}
},
};
},
};
}
I would like to know if I can access the path in the schema here? It's pretty easy to find the name of mutaiton/query with operation.operationName, but where can I get the name of the query/mutation as defined in the schema?
Solution
export function eddyApolloPlugin(): ApolloServerPlugin {
return {
requestDidStart(requestContext) {
// Set requestId on the header
const requestId = (requestContext?.context as EddyContext)?.requestId;
if (requestId) {
requestContext.response?.http?.headers.set('requestId', requestId);
}
return {
didResolveOperation(context) {
const operationDefinition = context.document
.definitions[0] as OperationDefinitionNode;
const fieldNode = operationDefinition?.selectionSet
.selections[0] as FieldNode;
const queryName = fieldNode?.name?.value;
// queryName is what I was looking for!
},
};
},
};
}

Answer 1

Your requirement is not very clear. If you want to get the name of the query/mutation to distinguish which query or mutation the client sends.
You could get the name from context.response.data in willSendResponse event handler.
E.g.
server.ts:
import { ApolloServer, gql } from 'apollo-server';
import { ApolloServerPlugin } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base';
import { parse, OperationDefinitionNode, FieldNode } from 'graphql';
function eddyApolloPlugin(): ApolloServerPlugin {
return {
requestDidStart(requestContext) {
return {
didResolveOperation(context) {
console.log('didResolveOperation');
const obj = parse(context.request.query!);
const operationDefinition = obj.definitions[0] as OperationDefinitionNode;
const selection = operationDefinition.selectionSet.selections[0] as FieldNode;
console.log('operationName: ', context.request.operationName);
console.log(`${context.operation!.operation} name:`, selection.name.value);
},
willSendResponse(context) {
console.log('willSendResponse');
console.log('operationName: ', context.request.operationName);
console.log(`${context.operation!.operation} name:`, Object.keys(context.response.data!)[0]);
},
};
},
};
}
const typeDefs = gql`
type Query {
hello: String
}
type Mutation {
update: String
}
`;
const resolvers = {
Query: {
hello() {
return 'Hello, World!';
},
},
Mutation: {
update() {
return 'success';
},
},
};
const server = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs, resolvers, plugins: [eddyApolloPlugin()] });
const port = 3000;
server.listen(port).then(({ url }) => console.log(`Server is ready at ${url}`));
GraphQL Query:
query test {
hello
}
the logs of the server:
didResolveOperation
operationName: test
query name: hello
willSendResponse
operationName: test
query name: hello
GraphQL Mutation:
mutation test {
update
}
the logs of the server:
didResolveOperation
operationName: test
mutation name: update
willSendResponse
operationName: test
mutation name: update