gql_client

Minimal GraphQL client for Rust

• Simple API, supports queries and mutations
• Does not require schema file for introspection
• Supports WebAssembly

Basic Usage

• Use client.query_with_vars for queries with variables
• There's also a wrapper client.query if there is no need to pass variables

use gql_client::Client;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Deserialize)]
pub struct Data {
   user: User
}

#[derive(Deserialize)]
pub struct User {
   id: String,
   name: String
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
pub struct Vars {
   id: u32
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let endpoint = "https://graphqlzero.almansi.me/api";
   let query = r#"
       query UserByIdQuery($id: ID!) {
           user(id: $id) {
               id
               name
           }
       }
   "#;

   let client = Client::new(endpoint);
   let vars = Vars { id: 1 };
   let data = client.query_with_vars::<Data, Vars>(query, vars).await.unwrap();

   println!("Id: {}, Name: {}", data.user.id, data.user.name);

   Ok(())
}

Passing HTTP headers

Client exposes new_with_headers function to pass headers using simple HashMap<&str, &str>

use gql_client::Client;
use std::collections::HashMap;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let endpoint = "https://graphqlzero.almansi.me/api";
   let mut headers = HashMap::new();
   headers.insert("authorization", "Bearer <some_token>");

   let client = Client::new_with_headers(endpoint, headers);

   Ok(())
}

Error handling

There are two types of errors that can possibly occur. HTTP related errors (for example, authentication problem) or GraphQL query errors in JSON response. Debug, Display implementation of GraphQLError struct properly displays those error messages. Additionally, you can also look at JSON content for more detailed output by calling err.json()

use gql_client::Client;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

#[derive(Deserialize)]
pub struct Data {
   user: User
}

#[derive(Deserialize)]
pub struct User {
   id: String,
   name: String
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
pub struct Vars {
   id: u32
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let endpoint = "https://graphqlzero.almansi.me/api";

   // Send incorrect request
   let query = r#"
       query UserByIdQuery($id: ID!) {
           user(id: $id) {
               id1
               name
           }
       }
   "#;

   let client = Client::new(endpoint);
   let vars = Vars { id: 1 };
   let error = client.query_with_vars::<Data, Vars>(query, vars).await.err();

   println!("{:?}", error);

   Ok(())
}