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   :description: Deriving Hasura actions
   :keywords: hasura, docs, actions, debug, debugging

.. _debugging_actions:

Debugging actions
=================

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While you're developing actions for your application, to debug faster you may
want to see the exact details of the webhook call for the action
as well.

To do so, start the server in :ref:`debugging mode <dev-mode>`.
In the case of errors, the GraphQL response will contain debugging information
of the webhook calls in the ``extensions.internal`` field.

If you are using action transforms, then you will also see the ``transformed_request``
inside the ``request`` field.

**For example**:

.. graphiql::
  :view_only:
  :query:
    mutation {
        create_user(email: "foo@bar.com", name: "Foo"){
          id
          user {
            name
            email
          }
        }
      }
  :response:
    {
      "errors": [
        {
          "message": "got scalar String for the action webhook response, expecting UserId",
          "extensions": {
            "code": "unexpected",
            "path": "$",
            "internal": {
              "error": "got scalar String for the action webhook response, expecting UserId",
              "response": {
                "status": 200,
                "headers": [
                  {
                    "value": "application/json",
                    "name": "Content-Type"
                  }
                ],
                "body": "[incorrect response]"
              },
              "request": {
                "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5593/scalar-response",
                "headers": [],
                "body": {
                  "action": {
                    "name": "create_user"
                  },
                  "session_variables": {
                    "x-hasura-role": "admin"
                  },
                  "input": {
                    "email": "foo@boo.com",
                    "name": "Foo"
                  },
                  "request_query": "mutation {\n    create_user(email: \"foo@bar.com\", name: \"Foo\"){\n      id\n      user {\n        name\n        email\n      }\n    }\n  }\n"
                },
                "transformed_request": {
                  "query_string": "",
                  "body": "[transformed body]",
                  "url": "http://127.0.0.1:3000/abcd",
                  "headers": [
                    [
                      "Content-Type",
                      "application/json"
                    ]
                  ],
                  "method": "PATCH",
                  "response_timeout": "30000000"
                },
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
    
.. admonition:: Additional Resources

  Introduction to Hasura Actions - `View Recording <https://hasura.io/events/webinar/hasura-actions/?pg=docs&plcmt=body&cta=view-recording&tech=>`__.