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Deep Mutations

Mutations also allows to perform deep mutation at multiple levels.

We use the following schema to demonstrate some examples.

Schema:

type Author {
	id: ID!
	name: String! @search(by: [hash])
	dob: DateTime
	posts: [Post]
}

type Post {
	postID: ID!
	title: String! @search(by: [term, fulltext])
	text: String @search(by: [fulltext, term])
	datePublished: DateTime
}

Example: Deep Deep mutation using variables

mutation DeepAuthor($author: DeepAuthorInput!) {
  DeepAuthor(input: [$author]) {
    author {
      id
      name
      post {
        title
        text
      }
    }
  }
}

Variables:

{ "author":
  { "name": "A.N. Author",
    "dob": "2000-01-01",
    "posts": [
      {
        "title": "New post",
        "text": "A really new post"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example: Deep update mutation using variables

mutation updateAuthor($patch: UpdateAuthorInput!) {
  updateAuthor(input: $patch) {
    author {
      id
      post {
        title
        text
      }
    }
  }
}

Variables:

{ "patch":
  { "filter": {
      "id": ["0x123"]
    },
    "set": {
      "posts": [ {
        "postID": "0x456",
        "title": "A new title",
        "text": "Some edited text"
      } ]
    }
  }
}