/gqt

Build and execute GraphQL queries in the terminal.

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

GraphQL client in the terminal

Build and execute GraphQL queries in the terminal.

This project is inspired by https://graphiql-online.com.

https://github.com/eerimoq/gqt/raw/main/docs/assets/showcase.gif

Installation

pip3 install gqt

It's recommended to install bat for pretty output.

Controls

  • Press h or ? for help.

Examples

Set default GraphQL endpoint:

export GQT_ENDPOINT=https://mys-lang.org/graphql

Interactively create a query and execute it:

gqt
{
    "statistics": {
        "numberOfGraphqlRequests": 3
    }
}

Repeat last query:

gqt -r
{
    "statistics": {
        "numberOfGraphqlRequests": 4
    }
}

Print the query (and variables) instead of executing it:

gqt -q
Query:
query Query {
  statistics {
    numberOfGraphqlRequests
  }
}

Variables:
{}

YAML output:

gqt -y
statistics:
  numberOfGraphqlRequests: 8

Name queries:

gqt -n stats -y
statistics:
  numberOfGraphqlRequests: 8
gqt -n time -y
standardLibrary:
  package:
    latestRelease:
      version: 0.20.0
gqt -n stats -y -r
statistics:
  numberOfGraphqlRequests: 9
gqt -n time -y -r
standardLibrary:
  package:
    latestRelease:
      version: 0.20.0

List queries:

gqt -l
Endpoint                      Query name
----------------------------  ------------
https://mys-lang.org/graphql  <default>
https://mys-lang.org/graphql  time
https://mys-lang.org/graphql  stats

Make arguments variables by pressing v and give them as -v <name>=<value> on the command line:

gqt -v name=time -y
standardLibrary:
  package:
    latestRelease:
      version: 0.20.0
gqt -r -q
query Query($name: String!) {
  standardLibrary {
    package(name: $name) {
      latestRelease {
        version
      }
    }
  }
}

Print the schema:

gqt --print-schema
type Query {
  standardLibrary: StandardLibrary!
  statistics: Statistics!
  activities: [Activity!]!
}

type StandardLibrary {
  package(name: String!): Package!
  packages: [Package!]
  numberOfPackages: Int
  numberOfDownloads: Int
}
...

Enpoint option and bearer token in HTTP auth header:

gqt -e https://api.github.com/graphql -H "Authorization: bearer ghp_<value>"

Ideas

  • Press c for compact view, hiding fields that are not selected.

  • Search:

    Press / to search for visible fields. Press <Up> and <Down> to move to the previous and next search hit. Highlight all hits. Press <Enter> to end the search and move the cursor to the current hit. Press <Esc> to abort the search and restore the cursor to its pre-search position. Show number of hits.

    ╭─ Query
    │ ▼ search
    │   ▶ Book
    │     ■ title
    │   ▶ Author
    │     ■ name
    │ ▶ film
    │ ▶ films
    
    /fil                                                1 of 2 matches
    
  • Alias?

    • Press a to create an alias.
    • Press d to delete an alias.

    smallPicture and mediumPicture are aliases of picture.

    ╭─ Query
    │ ▶ Book
    │   ▶ picture
    │   ▼ smallPicture: picture
    │     ■ width: 320
    │     ■ height: 240
    │   ▼ mediumPicture: picture
    │     ■ width: 800
    │     ■ height: 600
    
  • Optionally give schema path on command line. For endpoints that does not support schema introspection.