Support DQL variables in mutations

[MichelDiz]

Let’s not confuse things. This post is about DQL Vars(former GraphQL Variables). It’s not about query/Value variables. But you could use vars(Value variables) in conjunction with DQL Vars.

But we need to support this

Custom Block - Discussion

PS. Some people may think that GraphQL Vars would be the same as a custom block at some level. But it is not possible to re-sign a G. Vars. Something that would be necessary to be reused in other blocks. One of the intentions would be to “append” values from other blocks and use them in third blocks. That’s not possible in G. Vars. I would like to open a discussion on introducing a “Custom Block”. Today only aggregation can use Empty Blocks e.g: “Only aggregated variables allowed within em…

e.g.

curl -H "Content-Type: application/rdf" -X POST localhost:8080/mutate?commitNow=true -d $'
upsert {
  query foo($value: string) {
    v as var(func: eq(something)) {
      test as string($value) #this doesn't exist
    }
  }

  mutation {
    set {
      uid(v) <other> val(test) . #you would pass the value via test variable.
    }
  }
}' | jq