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.. meta::
:description: Common syntax definitions for the Hasura schema/metadata API
:keywords: hasura, docs, schema/metadata API, API reference, syntax definitions
.. _api_metadata_syntax_defs:
Schema/Metadata API Reference: Common syntax definitions
========================================================
.. contents:: Table of contents
:backlinks: none
:depth: 1
:local:
.. _TableName:
TableName
^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String | QualifiedTable_
.. _QualifiedTable:
QualifiedTable
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"name": String,
"schema": String
}
.. _FunctionName:
FunctionName
^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String | QualifiedFunction_
QualifiedFunction
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"name": String,
"schema": String
}
.. _RoleName:
RoleName
^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _ComputedFieldName:
ComputedFieldName
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _PGColumnType:
PGColumnType
^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
1. Numeric types
.. list-table::
:widths: 12 10 20
:header-rows: 1
* - Type
- Alias
- Description
* - ``serial``
-
- autoincrementing integer
* - ``bigserial``
-
- autoincrementing bigint
* - ``integer``
-
- 4 bytes, typical choice for integer
* - ``smallint``
-
- 2 bytes
* - ``bigint``
-
- 8 bytes
* - ``real``
- ``float4``
- 6 decimal digits precision, inexact
* - ``double precision``
- ``float8``
- 15 decimal digits precision, inexact
* - ``numeric``
- ``decimal``
- arbitrary precision, exact
2. Character types
.. list-table::
:widths: 8 6 20
:header-rows: 1
* - Type
- Alias
- Description
* - ``varchar``
- ``text``
- typical choice for storing string types
3. Date/Time types
.. list-table::
:widths: 8 6 20
:header-rows: 1
* - Type
- Alias
- Description
* - ``timestamp with time zone``
- ``timestamptz``
- both date and time, with time zone. Allowed values should be of ISO8601 format. E.g. 2016-07-20T17:30:15Z, 2016-07-20T17:30:15+05:30, 2016-07-20T17:30:15.234890+05:30
* - ``time with time zone``
- ``timetz``
- time of day only, with time zone. Allowed values should be of ISO8601 format. E.g. 17:30:15Z, 17:30:15+05:30, 17:30:15.234890+05:30
* - ``date``
-
- date (no time of day). Allowed values are yyyy-mm-dd
4. Boolean type
.. list-table::
:widths: 8 6 20
:header-rows: 1
* - Type
- Alias
- Description
* - ``boolean``
-
- state of true or false
5. JSON types
.. list-table::
:widths: 8 6 20
:header-rows: 1
* - Type
- Alias
- Description
* - ``json``
-
- Stored as plain text
* - ``jsonb``
-
- Stored in a binary format and can be indexed
.. _PGColumn:
PGColumn
^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _RelationshipName:
RelationshipName
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _BoolExp:
BoolExp
^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
AndExp_ | OrExp_ | NotExp_ | ExistsExp_ | TrueExp_ | ColumnExp_
AndExp
^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"$and" : [BoolExp_],
}
OrExp
^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"$or" : [BoolExp_],
}
NotExp
^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"$not" : BoolExp_
}
ExistsExp
^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"$exists" : {
"_table": TableName_,
"_where": BoolExp_
}
}
TrueExp
^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{}
ColumnExp
^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
PGColumn_ : { Operator_ : Value }
}
.. _MetadataOperator:
Operator
^^^^^^^^
**Generic operators (all column types except json, jsonb) :**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostgreSQL equivalent
* - ``"$eq"``
- ``=``
* - ``"$ne"``
- ``<>``
* - ``"$gt"``
- ``>``
* - ``"$lt"``
- ``<``
* - ``"$gte"``
- ``>=``
* - ``"$lte"``
- ``<=``
* - ``"$in"``
- ``IN``
* - ``"$nin"``
- ``NOT IN``
(For more details, refer to the Postgres docs for `comparison operators <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-comparison.html>`__ and `list based search operators <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-comparisons.html>`_.)
**Text related operators :**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostgreSQL equivalent
* - ``"$like"``
- ``LIKE``
* - ``"$nlike"``
- ``NOT LIKE``
* - ``"$ilike"``
- ``ILIKE``
* - ``"$nilike"``
- ``NOT ILIKE``
* - ``"$similar"``
- ``SIMILAR TO``
* - ``"$nsimilar"``
- ``NOT SIMILAR TO``
(For more details on text related operators, refer to the `Postgres docs <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html>`__.)
**Operators for comparing columns (all column types except json, jsonb):**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostgreSQL equivalent
* - ``"$ceq"``
- ``=``
* - ``"$cne"``
- ``<>``
* - ``"$cgt"``
- ``>``
* - ``"$clt"``
- ``<``
* - ``"$cgte"``
- ``>=``
* - ``"$clte"``
- ``<=``
(For more details on comparison operators, refer to the `Postgres docs <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-comparison.html>`__.)
**Checking for NULL values :**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostgreSQL equivalent
* - ``_is_null`` (takes true/false as values)
- ``IS NULL``
(For more details on the ``IS NULL`` expression, refer to the `Postgres docs <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-comparison.html>`__.)
**JSONB operators :**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostgreSQL equivalent
* - ``_contains``
- ``@>``
* - ``_contained_in``
- ``<@``
* - ``_has_key``
- ``?``
* - ``_has_keys_any``
- ``?!``
* - ``_has_keys_all``
- ``?&``
(For more details on JSONB operators, refer to the `Postgres docs <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-json.html#FUNCTIONS-JSONB-OP-TABLE>`__.)
**PostGIS related operators on GEOMETRY columns:**
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Operator
- PostGIS equivalent
* - ``_st_contains``
- ``ST_Contains(column, input)``
* - ``_st_crosses``
- ``ST_Crosses(column, input)``
* - ``_st_equals``
- ``ST_Equals(column, input)``
* - ``_st_intersects``
- ``ST_Intersects(column, input)``
* - ``_st_overlaps``
- ``ST_Overlaps(column, input)``
* - ``_st_touches``
- ``ST_Touches(column, input)``
* - ``_st_within``
- ``ST_Within(column, input)``
* - ``_st_d_within``
- ``ST_DWithin(column, input)``
(For more details on spatial relationship operators, refer to the `PostGIS docs <http://postgis.net/workshops/postgis-intro/spatial_relationships.html>`__.)
.. note::
- All operators take a JSON representation of ``geometry/geography`` values as input value.
- The input value for ``_st_d_within`` operator is an object:
.. parsed-literal::
{
field-name : {_st_d_within: {distance: Float, from: Value} }
}
.. _Object:
Object
^^^^^^
A JSONObject_
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"k1" : v1,
"k2" : v2,
..
}
.. _JSONObject: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159
.. _Empty Object:
Empty Object
^^^^^^^^^^^^
An empty JSONObject_
.. code-block:: json
{}
.. _ColumnPresetExp:
ColumnPresetsExp
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A JSONObject_ of a Postgres column name to value mapping, where the value can be static or derived from a session variable.
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"column1" : colVal1,
"column2" : colVal2,
..
}
E.g. where ``id`` is derived from a session variable and ``city`` is a static value.
.. code-block:: json
{
"id" : "x-hasura-User-Id",
"city" : "San Francisco"
}
.. note::
If the value of any key begins with "x-hasura-" (*case-insensitive*), the value of the column specified in the key will be derived from a session variable of the same name.
.. _RemoteSchemaName:
RemoteSchemaName
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _RemoteSchemaDef:
RemoteSchemaDef
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"url" : url-string,
"url_from_env" : env-var-string,
"headers": [
{ "name": header-name-string,
"value": header-value-string,
"value_from_env": env-var-string
}
],
"forward_client_headers": boolean,
"timeout_seconds": integer
}
.. _CollectionName:
CollectionName
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _QueryName:
QueryName
^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
String
.. _CollectionQuery:
CollectionQuery
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"name": String,
"query": String
}
.. _CustomColumnNames:
CustomColumnNames
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A JSONObject_ of Postgres column name to GraphQL name mapping
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
{
"column1" : String,
"column2" : String,
..
}
.. _ActionName:
ActionName
^^^^^^^^^^
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String
.. _WebhookURL:
WebhookURL
^^^^^^^^^^
A String value which supports templating environment variables enclosed in ``{{`` and ``}}``.
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String
Template example: ``https://{{ACTION_API_DOMAIN}}/create-user``
.. _HeaderFromValue:
HeaderFromValue
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Key
- required
- Schema
- Description
* - name
- true
- String
- Name of the header
* - value
- true
- String
- Value of the header
.. _HeaderFromEnv:
HeaderFromEnv
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1
* - Key
- required
- Schema
- Description
* - name
- true
- String
- Name of the header
* - value_from_env
- true
- String
- Name of the environment variable which holds the value of the header
.. _GraphQLType:
GraphQLType
^^^^^^^^^^^
A GraphQL `Type Reference <https://spec.graphql.org/June2018/#sec-Type-References>`__ string.
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String
Example: ``String!`` for non-nullable String type and ``[String]`` for array of String types
.. _GraphQLName:
GraphQLName
^^^^^^^^^^^
A string literal that conform to `GraphQL spec <https://spec.graphql.org/June2018/#Name>`__.
.. parsed-literal::
:class: haskell-pre
String