How to programmatically create request body before sending requests?

[uroybd]

I want to create GraphQL query programmatically before sending the request. Couldn't find a way to set the request body.

## Dynamic query
# @lang lua
< {%
-- read the query or mutation from a file
-- create a JSON object with that query and variables.
-- set the JSON object as the body
%}

POST http://localhost:8000/graphql
Content-Type: application/json

[boltlessengineer]

Sorry for late reply. I constantly forgot about discussions tab. I should find way to subscribe this.

I’m not sure if intellij or vscode plugins support writing body from pre-request scripts.
One possible workout would be using variables like this:

### Dynamic query
# @lang lua
< {%
-- full json body that will be sent to server (in lua table)
local body = {
    -- graphql query you are going to use (raw string)
    query = [[
        query ($name: String!, $owner: String!) {
            repository(name: $name, owner: $owner) {
                name
                fullName: nameWithOwner
                description
                diskUsage
                forkCount
                stargazers(first: 5) {
                    totalCount
                    nodes {
                        login
                        name
                    }
                }
                watchers {
                    totalCount
                }
            }
        }
    ]],
    -- variables object in lua table format
    variables = {
        name = "NativeVim",
        owner = "boltlessengineer",
    }
}

-- JSON-Encode lua table
local body_str = vim.json.encode(body)

-- set request variable “body” with encoded string
request.variables.set("body", body_str)
%}

# use “body” variable from request
POST https://api.github.com/graphql
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: token {{token}}
X-REQUEST-TYPE: GraphQL

{{body}}

I didn’t include graqphql support from v3 release due to lack of my knowledge about them.
Seems like graphql isn’t actually that complex. I just wrote entire gaphql implementation in this answer lol.
I’ll add graphql support to core soon.

[uroybd]

I didn’t include graqphql support from v3 release due to lack of my knowledge about them. Seems like graphql isn’t actually that complex. I just wrote entire gaphql implementation in this answer lol.

That will be great! Meanwhile, I'll use this.

[boltlessengineer]

GraphQL is supported from v3.5.0 release :)

GRAPHQL https://api.github.com/graphql
Authorization: token {{token}}

query ($name: String!, $owner: String!) {
    repository(name: $name, owner: $owner) {
        name
            fullName: nameWithOwner
            description
            diskUsage
            forkCount
            stargazers(first: 5) {
                totalCount
                nodes {
                    login
                    name
                }
            }
        watchers {
            totalCount
        }
    }
}

{
    "name": "NativeVim",
    "owner": "boltlessengineer"
}