How to Leverage Insomnia as a GraphQL Client
In this video we’ll show off some of the highlights of using Insomnia as a GraphQL client. We’ll also build a tiny GraphQL server in Node.js, and then use Insomnia both to fetch and manipulate data on it. Download Insomnia: https://insomnia.rest/
Find all referenced docs and code in this blog post: https://bit.ly/3Detyla
TIMECODES
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Designing a GraphQL Schema
1:40 - Connecting the Resolvers
3:15 - Building the Server
5:26 - Set Up Insomnia GraphQL
6:18 - Basic Queries and Mutations
6:44 - Schema Introspection
7:34 - Auto-Complete and Suggested Fields
8:05 - Plugins for Dynamic Values (Faker Plugin and Prompt)
10:25 - Wrap Up
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