recursion in graphql using golang

Question

i am using https://github.com/99designs/gqlgen in golang for graphql, want to create an api that returns tree like structure, however i want to give a depth control instead of writing nested selections in the queries. is there a way to achieve this? Want to achieve some thing like this,

query listAll{
  node: getNodes(parentId: "1235") {
    ID
    Name
    node: Children @recursive(depth: 10) {
        ID
        Name
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

GraphQL has a principle for explicitly asking for what you need; it has no "recurse" directive. In other words, if you want nodes to the depth of 10, you'll have to write a query with 10 nestings. Obviously you can generate the text of the query from your program to be whatever you wish, dynamically.

If you're worried about the potential complexity of these queries and how much data they can demand, check out gqlgen's FixedComplexityLimit extension as described in the documentation .

func main() {
    c := Config{ Resolvers: &resolvers{} }
        srv := handler.NewDefaultServer(blog.NewExecutableSchema(c))
        srv.Use(extension.FixedComplexityLimit(5)) // This line is key
    r.Handle("/query", srv)
}