Sorting arguments in GraphQL - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to sort users by their name in ascending order.

GraphQL

query { users(orderBy: [1]) { id name } }

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Aname_DESC

Bname_ASC

Cid_ASC

Did_DESC

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using DESC instead of ASC for ascending order.

Sorting by id instead of name.

The orderBy argument uses name_ASC to sort users by name in ascending order.

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medium

Complete the code to sort products by price in descending order.

GraphQL

query { products(orderBy: [1]) { id price } }

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Aprice_DESC

Bid_DESC

Cname_ASC

Dprice_ASC

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using _ASC instead of _DESC for descending order.

Sorting by wrong field like id or name.

Using price_DESC sorts products by price from highest to lowest.

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hard

Fix the error in the sorting argument to sort posts by creation date ascending.

GraphQL

query { posts(orderBy: [1]) { id createdAt } }

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AcreatedAt_DESC

Bdate_ASC

CcreatedAt_ASC

Dcreated_ASC

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect field names like date or created.

Using DESC instead of ASC.

The correct sorting argument is createdAt_ASC to sort by creation date ascending.

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hard

Fill both blanks to sort comments by author name ascending and then by date descending.

GraphQL

query { comments(orderBy: [[1], [2]]) { id author date } }

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Aauthor_ASC

Bauthor_DESC

Cdate_DESC

Ddate_ASC

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Reversing the order of sorting arguments.

Using DESC for author instead of ASC.

The first sort is by author_ASC (author name ascending), then by date_DESC (date descending).

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hard

Fill all three blanks to sort orders by status descending, then by total ascending, and finally by date descending.

GraphQL

query { orders(orderBy: [[1], [2], [3]]) { id status total date } }

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Astatus_DESC

Btotal_ASC

Cdate_DESC

Dstatus_ASC

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing ascending and descending orders incorrectly.

Using wrong field names or order directions.

The orders are sorted first by status_DESC, then total_ASC, and finally date_DESC.