gqt 0.60.0

GraphQL client in the terminal.

Build and execute GraphQL queries in the terminal.

This project is inspired by https://graphiql-online.com.

Installation

pip3 install gqt

It’s recommended to install bat for pretty output.

Controls

• Navigate with arrow keys.

• Select fields with <Space>.

• Toggle between argument selection and its value with <Tab>.

• End with <Enter>.

Examples

Set default GraphQL endpoint:

$ export GQT_ENDPOINT=https://mys-lang.org/graphql

Interactively create a query and execute it:

$ gqt
{
    "statistics": {
        "numberOfGraphqlRequests": 3
    }
}

Repeat last query:

$ gqt -r
{
    "statistics": {
        "numberOfGraphqlRequests": 4
    }
}

Print the query instead of executing it:

$ gqt -q
query Query {statistics {numberOfGraphqlRequests}}

YAML output:

$ gqt -y
statistics:
  numberOfGraphqlRequests: 8

Print the schema:

$ gqt --print-schema
type Query {
  standardLibrary: StandardLibrary!
  statistics: Statistics!
  activities: [Activity!]!
}

type StandardLibrary {
  package(name: String!): Package!
  packages: [Package!]
  numberOfPackages: Int
  numberOfDownloads: Int
}
...

Known issues

• Arguments does not work for scalar and input types.

• Unions are not implemented.

• And much more.

Ideas

• Leaves with arguments:

  type Query {
      foo(id: Int, name: String): String
  }
  
  Unselected:
  
  ╭─ Query
  │ □ foo
  
  Selected:
  
  ╭─ Query
  │ ■ foo
  │   ■ id: 5
  │   □ name:

• Required arguments with default value:

  □: omit
  ■: non-null value
  $: variable

• Check for schema modifications when starting. Do it in the background and notify the user if it was modified.

  New schema fetched from the server. Use it? y/n

• List argument example:

  ╭─ Query
  │ ▼ item
  │   ■ kinds:
  │     [0] ■ a: foo
  │         ■ b: eq
  │         ■ c:
  │           [0] ■ a: x
  │               ■ b: y
  │           [1]
  │     [1] ■ a: bar
  │         ■ b: ne
  │         □ c:
  │     [2]

• Input example:

  ╭─ Query
  │ ▼ item
  │   ■ config:
  │     ■ unit: metric
  │     □ width:
  │   □ length
  │   □ weight

• Variables example:

  ╭─ Query
  │ ▼ standardLibrary
  │   ▼ package
  │     $ name: name
  │     ■ id: 5
  │     $ kind: kind
  │     □ name
  │   □ numberOfDownloads
  │ ▶ statistics
  
  ╭─ Variables
  │ name: time
  │ kind:
  │   [0] ■ a: bar
  │       ■ b: ne
  │       □ c:
  │   [1]

• Print variables:

  $ gqt -v
  {"name": "foo", "kind": [{"a": "bar", "b": "ne"}]}

• Unions:

  Always query __typename.

  union SearchResult = Book | Author
  
  type Book {
    title: String!
  }
  
  type Author {
    name: String!
  }
  
  type Query {
    search(contains: String): [SearchResult!]
  }
  
  Unselected:
  
  ╭─ Query
  │ ▶ search
  
  Selected:
  
  ╭─ Query
  │ ▼ search
  │   ▶ Book
  │     ■ title
  │   ▶ Author
  │     ■ name

• Alias?

  • Press a to create an alias.

  • Press d to delete an alias.

  smallPicture and mediumPicture are aliases of picture.

  ╭─ Query
  │ ▶ Book
  │   ▶ picture
  │   ▼ smallPicture: picture
  │     ■ width: 320
  │     ■ height: 240
  │   ▼ mediumPicture: picture
  │     ■ width: 800
  │     ■ height: 600

• Subscriptions. Probably out of scope.