Apollo-client: How to upload a file in V3

Created on 3 Mar 2020 · 7Comments · Source: apollographql/apollo-client

Hi! I used to solve file uploads with apollo-upload-client on apollo-client.
As V3 changed some things about links, is there any examples on how could I send file uploads?

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outerlook

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For me the biggest question is, why ApolloServer supports file upload but ApolloClient doesn't which is a little bit unexpected in my opinion. Because both are run under the same organisation

dohomi on 2 Jul 2020

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This isn't an issue with apollo-client, you should ask the maintainer of apollo-upload-client if they have plans to support v3 of apollo-client. It looks like someone has already asked about v.3 support here.

jguffey on 9 Mar 2020

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Isn't file upload part of the core of apollo-client v3 somehow? I mean for me that would make sense if something that crucial as file uploads would be part of the the core functionality. graphql-hooks and graphql-react offer both painless integration without any setup required. It would be great if v3 would offer this as well. Currently any docs are missing about this topic.

dohomi on 30 Jun 2020

@dohomi Unfortunately file uploads are not part of the core apollo-client. File uploads are actually not even a part of the official GraphQL specification document.

dylanwulf on 1 Jul 2020

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@dylanwulf ok I am bit confused because other GQL clients support it by default. I'll move to a different library for now thanks for the clarification.

dohomi on 2 Jul 2020

@dylanwulf

File uploads are actually not even a part of the official GraphQL specification document.

The GraphQL foundation doesn't have a spec ready yet for any form of requests, including the most commonly used POST requests. A working draft of a "GraphQL over HTTP" specification is being worked on by the GraphQL over HTTP working group (I'm an active member) here:

https://github.com/graphql/graphql-over-http

We are standardizing GET and basic POST requests first, and will later look at things like multipart requests and maybe subscriptions. At that time I will strongly advocate for adoption of the GraphQL multipart request spec.

jaydenseric on 2 Jul 2020

For me the biggest question is, why ApolloServer supports file upload but ApolloClient doesn't which is a little bit unexpected in my opinion. Because both are run under the same organisation

dohomi on 2 Jul 2020

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Is the upload feature on the roadmap of this library? It is very crucial for most mobile apps..