GraphQL body in Postman - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to define the GraphQL query body with the correct key.

Postman

{
  "[1]": "{ user(id: \"1\") { name } }"
}

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Aheaders

Bmutation

Cvariables

Dquery

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'mutation' instead of 'query' for a query operation.

Using 'variables' as the main key instead of 'query'.

The GraphQL request body must have a query key containing the query string.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to include variables in the GraphQL body correctly.

Postman

{
  "query": "query getUser($id: ID!) { user(id: $id) { name } }",
  "[1]": { "id": "1" }
}

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Aheaders

Bvariables

CoperationName

Dbody

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting variables inside the 'query' string instead of the 'variables' key.

Using 'headers' or 'body' keys incorrectly.

The variables key holds the values for variables used in the query.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the GraphQL body by selecting the correct key for the operation name.

Postman

{
  "query": "query getUser { user { name } }",
  "[1]": "getUser"
}

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AoperationName

Bvariables

CqueryName

Doperation

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'queryName' or 'operation' which are not valid keys.

Confusing 'variables' with the operation name.

The operationName key specifies which named operation to execute when multiple are present.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a valid GraphQL mutation body with variables.

Postman

{
  "[1]": "mutation addUser($name: String!) { addUser(name: $name) { id } }",
  "[2]": { "name": "Alice" }
}

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Aquery

Bvariables

Cmutation

DoperationName

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'query' key for mutations.

Putting variables inside the mutation string.

The first key must be mutation for mutation operations, and variables go under variables.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to build a complete GraphQL request body with query, variables, and operation name.

Postman

{
  "[1]": "query getUser($id: ID!) { user(id: $id) { name } }",
  "[2]": { "id": "2" },
  "[3]": "getUser"
}

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Aquery

Bvariables

CoperationName

Dbody

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up keys or omitting the operationName when needed.

Putting variables inside the query string.

The GraphQL body includes the query string, variables object, and operationName string for named operations.