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.. meta::
:description: Hasura RESTified GraphQL API reference
:keywords: hasura, docs, REST API, API reference
.. _restified_api_reference:
RESTified GraphQL Endpoints API Reference
=========================================
.. contents:: Table of contents
:backlinks: none
:depth: 1
:local:
Introduction
------------
The RESTified GraphQL API allows for the use of a REST interface to saved GraphQL queries and mutations.
Users specify the query or mutation they wish to make available, as well a URL template.
Segments of the URL template can potentially capture data to be used as GraphQL variables.
See :ref:`metadata_api_restified_endpoints` for information on how to work with endpoints through the metadata apis.
.. admonition:: Supported from
RESTified endpoints are supported from versions ``v2.0.0-alpha.1`` and above.
Endpoint
--------
Requests are made to ``/api/rest/**`` endpoints.
By default these are:
* ``GET``, ``POST`` requests for queries, and
* ``POST`` requests for mutations
Although not in the REST spirit, ``POST`` requests are allowed by default for
non-mutation queries since some HTTP clients may not be able to supply a JSON
body for GET requests.
If required, users may explicitly configure the HTTP methods allowed per endpoint.
API Spec
--------
Request
^^^^^^^
Endpoints are determined by the URL templates:
* Simple URLs such as ``/s1/s2/s3`` match literally.
* Segments starting with a ``:`` treat these parts of the path like wildcards and use the name to assign a variable. For example: ``/s1/:id/s3``.
The request expects a normal REST style request to the endpoint.
Variables can be supplied via route patterns, url query variables, and request body JSON object keys.
* JSON Body Object values are passed directly to the associated query with no additional validation or type-coersion.
* Route variables and Query parameters are interpreted as scalars according to the variables types in the associated query and passed as JSON data through the query variables:
* Missing nullable variables are interpreted as ``NULL``
* Boolean variables are interpreted as ``Boolean``
* Boolean flags without values e.g. ``/api/rest/myquery?mybool`` are interpreted as ``true``
* String variables are interpreted as ``String``
* UUID variables are interpreted as ``String``
* ID variables are interpreted as ``String``
* Number, Int, Float, and Double variables are interpreted as ``Number``
* **All other types or mismatches currently report variable type errors**
When making a request to this API only one endpoint should match. If multiple endpoints match your request this is considered an error and will report so via a 500 status code. If endpoints exist with your path, but none matching your HTTP method then a 405 error will be returned
listing the methods that you can use.
Sample requests
***************
.. code-block:: http
GET /api/rest/simple_query/1 HTTP/1.1
.. code-block:: http
POST /api/rest/complicated_mutation/2?time=now HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user": {"name": "Simon"}
}
Response
^^^^^^^^
The response is determined by the saved query. The response will be the same as if you had made the query directly in the GraphQL console.
See the :ref:`api_reference_graphql` for more details.
OpenAPI 3 Specification
---------------------------
The OpenAPI 3 specification of the REST endpoints are exposed at ``/api/swagger/json`` for admin role only:
.. code-block:: http
GET /api/swagger/json HTTP/1.1
X-Hasura-Role: admin
The response JSON will be a OpenAPI 3 specification (OAS 3.0) for all the
RESTified GraphQL Endpoints for admin roles. For more details about OAS 3.0,
`click here <https://swagger.io/specification/>`__.
Sample request
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code-block:: http
GET /api/swagger/json HTTP/1.1
X-Hasura-Role: admin
Response
^^^^^^^^
.. code-block:: JSON
{
"openapi": "3.0.0",
"info": {
"version": "",
"title": "Rest Endpoints",
"description": "These OpenAPI specifications are automatically generated by Hasura."
},
"paths": {
"/api/rest/users": {
"get": {
"summary": "Fetch user data",
"description": "This API fetches user data (first name and last name) from the users table.\n***\nThe GraphQl query for this endpoint is:\n``` graphql\nquery MyQuery{\n users {\n first_name\n last_name\n }\n}\n```",
"responses": {}
},
"parameters": [
{
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"in": "header",
"name": "x-hasura-admin-secret",
"description": "Your x-hasura-admin-secret will be used for authentication of the API request."
}
]
}
},
"components": {}
}