Search code examples
pythondjangographqlgraphene-django

GraphQL multiple queries in one request in Django


Im using Django with graphene to build an API but i want to combine two models in one query, all the fields of the models are the same.

Example schema.py

import graphene
from graphene_django import DjangoObjectType
from .models import Post, Post2

class PostType(DjangoObjectType):
    class Meta:
        model = Post

class Post2Type(DjangoObjectType):
    class Meta:
        model = Post2

class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
    post = graphene.List(PostType)
    post2 = graphene.List(Post2Type)

    def resolve_post(self, info):
        return Post.objects.all()

    def resolve_post2(self, info):
        return Post2.objects.all()

I get this response:

{
  "data": {
    "post": [
      {
        "title": "post 1"
      }
    ],
    "post2": [
      {
        "title": "post test"
      }
    ]
  }
}

What i want to get is:

{
  "data": {
    "allPost": [
      {
        "title": "post 1"
      },
      {
        "title": "post test"
      }
  }
}

Solution

  • You can create a list of a Union type (https://docs.graphene-python.org/en/latest/types/unions/#unions) which should give you what you want:

    class PostUnion(graphene.Union):
        class Meta:
            types = (PostType, Post2Type)
    
        @classmethod
        def resolve_type(cls, instance, info):
            # This function tells Graphene what Graphene type the instance is
            if isinstance(instance, Post):
                return PostType
            if isinstance(instance, Post2):
                return Post2Type
            return PostUnion.resolve_type(instance, info)
    
    
    class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
        all_posts = graphene.List(PostUnion)
    
        def resolve_all_posts(self, info):
            return list(Post.objects.all()) + list(Post2.objects.all())