graphql-engine/docs/graphql/manual/api-reference/explain.rst
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.. meta::
:description: Hasura explain API reference
:keywords: hasura, docs, explain API, API reference
.. _explain_api_reference:
Explain API Reference
=====================
.. contents:: Table of contents
:backlinks: none
:depth: 1
:local:
The Explain API is used to analyse queries and subscriptions. It returns a list of Postgres plans for a query and a single Postgres plan for a subscription, based
on the defined permissions.
Endpoint
--------
All requests are ``POST`` requests to the ``/v1/graphql/explain`` endpoint.
API Spec
--------
Request
^^^^^^^
The request expects a JSON object with the following keys:
- ``query``: the GraphQL query to be analysed
- ``user`` (optional): the ``x-hasura-role`` along with session variables
.. code-block:: http
POST /v1/graphql/explain HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"query": "<query>",
"user": {
"x-hasura-role" : "...",
"x-hasura-session-var1" : "..."
}
}
Sample request
**************
.. code-block:: http
POST /v1/graphql/explain HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"query": {
"query": "query getAuthors { authors { name }}",
"operationName": "getAuthors"
}
}
Response
^^^^^^^^
The response for a query is a list of plans:
.. code-block:: none
[
{
"field": String -- "name of the field",
"sql": String -- "the generated SQL for the operation",
"plan": [String] -- "Postgres's plan for the generated SQL"
}
]
The response for a subscription is a single plan:
.. code-block:: none
{
"sql": String -- "the generated SQL for the operation",
"plan": [String] -- "Postgres's plan for the generated SQL"
}
Sample response for a query
***************************
.. code-block:: json
[
{
"field": "authors",
"sql": "SELECT coalesce(json_agg(\"root\" ), '[]' ) AS \"root\" FROM (SELECT row_to_json((SELECT \"_1_e\" FROM (SELECT \"_0_root.base\".\"name\" AS \"name\" ) AS \"_1_e\" ) ) AS \"root\" FROM (SELECT * FROM \"public\".\"authors\" WHERE ('true') ) AS \"_0_root.base\" ) AS \"_2_root\" ",
"plan": [
"Aggregate (cost=14.27..14.27 rows=1 width=32)",
" -> Seq Scan on authors (cost=0.00..11.83 rows=610 width=32)",
" SubPlan 1",
" -> Result (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=1 width=32)"
]
}
]
Sample response for a subscription
**********************************
.. code-block:: json
{
"sql": "\n select\n _subs.result_id, _fld_resp.root as result\n from\n unnest(\n $1::uuid[], $2::json[]\n ) _subs (result_id, result_vars)\n left outer join lateral\n (\n SELECT coalesce(json_agg(\"root\" ), '[]' ) AS \"root\" FROM (SELECT row_to_json((SELECT \"_1_e\" FROM (SELECT \"_0_root.base\".\"name\" AS \"name\" ) AS \"_1_e\" ) ) AS \"root\" FROM (SELECT * FROM \"public\".\"authors\" WHERE ('true') ) AS \"_0_root.base\" ) AS \"_2_root\" \n ) _fld_resp ON ('true')\n ",
"plan": [
"Nested Loop Left Join (cost=14.27..14.93 rows=100 width=48)",
" -> Function Scan on _subs (cost=0.00..0.30 rows=100 width=16)",
" -> Materialize (cost=14.27..14.28 rows=1 width=32)",
" -> Aggregate (cost=14.27..14.27 rows=1 width=32)",
" -> Seq Scan on authors (cost=0.00..11.83 rows=610 width=32)",
" SubPlan 1",
" -> Result (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=1 width=32)"
]
}
Disabling Explain API
---------------------
The Explain API is part of the :doc:`Metadata API <schema-metadata-api/index>` and can only be disabled by disabling the same.