Is it possible to fetch data from multiple tables using GraphQLList

Question

In GraphQL we can write the object type in GraphQLList and fetch all the fields. I am using Association and it is joining the two tables but I am unable to fetch the field of bo

Answer 1

There's two main ways of achieving this in GraphQL: unions and interfaces.

An interface is where two or more object types in your GraphQL schema share certain fields (characteristics). For example you might have a Product interface for all the items in your shop, where every product has a price, barcode, and shelfLocation. All your products, such as Shampoo, Bread, LawnChair would then implement this interface.

interface Product {
  price: Float
  barcode: Int
  shelfLocation: ShelfLocation
}

type Bread implements Product {
  price: Float
  barcode: Int
  shelfLocation: ShelfLocation
  brand: String
  numberOfSlices: Int
  calories: Float
  bestBefore: Date
}

extend type Query {
  searchProducts(phrase: String!): [Product!]
}

A union is where you declare that something can return more than one object type, but those types don't have to have any properties in common.

type Shark {
  name: String
  numberOfTeeth: Int
}

type Shoe {
  brand: String
  size: String
}

union SharkOrShoe = Shark | Shoe

extend type Query {
  searchSharksAndShoes(phrase: String!): [SharkOrShoe!]
}

In both cases you can query type specific fields using fragments or inline fragments:

query {
  searchProducts(phrase: "tasty") {
    # shared fields
    __typename
    price
    barcode
    shelfLocation { aisle, position }

    # type specific fields
    ... on Bread { brand }
    ...breadFrag
  }
  searchSharksAndShoes(phrase: "sleek") {
    # only the introspection fields are shared in a union
    __typename

    # type specific fields
    ... on Shark { name, numberOfTeeth }
    ...shoeFrag
  }
}

fragment breadFrag on Bread {
  barcode
  bestBefore
}

fragment shoeFrag on Shoe {
  brand
  size
}

You can learn more about this in the GraphQL schema documentation and read about GraphQLInterfaceType and GraphQLUnionType in the GraphQL.js documentation.