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Query Operation with Operation Name

Explore how to structure GraphQL query operations by including operation types and meaningful names. Understand why naming queries improves debugging and server-side logging, helping you manage multi-operation documents effectively.

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In the last lesson, we learned about our first GraphQL query. We used a shorthand syntax that omits both the query keyword and the query name, but in a production environment, it’s important to include these to avoid ambiguity in our code.

JavaScript (JSX)
{
pizzas {
pizza
}
}

Operation Type

The operation type, query, mutation, or subscription specifies the sort of operation we want to do. Unless we’re using query shorthand syntax, in which case we can’t offer a name or variable definitions ...