Amplify-cli: Default value for schema type

[blairtaylor]

Is there a way to specify a default value for graphQL schema types in Amplify?

ex.
myFlag: Boolean = true

This does not compile using amplify api gql-compile

We have a flag which should default to true and would like to initialize it this way when a type is created.

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[blairtaylor]

Would appreciate if someone from the Amplify team could comment. Is the answer no?

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[secretshardul]

Any updates here?

[cdac901]

+1

[quorth0n]

+1

[egyangel]

+1

[e-e]

🦗

[lucasmrdt]

Hey, I had the same problem as yours. I found this package graphql-default-value-transformer which allows us to add a default value.

I hope this will help you.

[ivankokus]

Having a @default directive for fields is quite an important feature. I hope you reconsider and add it in asap. Thank you.

[anaibol]

+1

[I-himawari]

+1

[anaibol]

+1

[teezeit]

+1

[marcos8896]

+1

[yaquawa]

any update on this???

[vitalbone]

@ammarkarachi Are there any plans to add a @default type directive or something similar?

[renebrandel]

Hi folks - i'm transferring this issue to the CLI repo and we'll be tracking this as a feature request.

[cameronbourke]

It would be awesome to see @azurelogic's great work on graphql-default-value-transformer merged into the amplify core!

[renebrandel]

@cameronbourke this is super interesting. @azurelogic - are you still maintaining that repository?

[yaquawa]

up up up

[azurelogic]

Sorry for the delayed reply. Holidays have had me busy.

Thanks @cameronbourke for connecting me to this issue!

@renebrandel, I haven't needed to do any active work on that repo since I built it this summer. That said, I'm interested in getting that merged into amplify core. What do you need from me to move forward with that? Thanks!

[renebrandel]

Cool. As a first step, are you okay for us to recommend this as a third party plugin?

We'll do some testing on our end but would love for the folks on this thread to try it out as well.

[azurelogic]

@renebrandel Sorry, I've been swamped. I'm more than happy to have you guys recommend it as a 3rd party plugin to solve this problem.

As far as testing goes, the biggest thing that you'll want to double check is data type handling. I don't think I got a chance to put BigInt and a few others through their paces. If you find any problems, feel free to open an issue. If you have a chance to work up the solution, I'd be happy to take a PR there too. Either way, just keep me posted on next steps.

Thanks!