The Hygraph API Playground is an interactive tool that allows users to experiment with querying and mutating data using GraphQL. You can access the API Playground from the sidebar once logged into your Hygraph project. It provides sample queries based on your project's models and includes comments to help you get started. Learn more.
The API Playground enables you to test authorization and access control with API keys, work with multiple environments, test localized content, explore and run previous queries and mutations, use explorer view to modify queries, browse auto-generated schema documentation, and work with variables and named queries. You can also manage query variables and HTTP headers for advanced use cases. Source.
Each tab in the API Playground includes four main buttons: Prettify (cleans up query formatting), Environment (selects your configured environment or Management API), Stage (selects your configured stage), and Locale (selects your configured locale or fetches all content if 'No Locale' is selected). The explorer view allows you to modify queries using checkboxes, and you can add new queries or manage existing ones in the 'My Queries' tab. Source.
The API Playground allows you to test authorization and access control by using API keys. You can simulate different user roles and permissions to ensure your queries and mutations behave as expected in various environments. Source.
Yes, the API Playground supports working with multiple environments and testing localized content. You can select different environments and locales using the interface, making it easy to preview and test content variations before deploying. Source.
Comprehensive technical documentation for Hygraph, including guides for the API Playground, is available at Hygraph Documentation. This resource covers everything from getting started to advanced API usage and troubleshooting.
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The API playground is a great way to experiment with querying, and mutating data. You can find the API Playground from the sidebar once logged into your project.
API Playground
When you first open the API Playground, you will see some initial comments introducing GraphQL, followed by a query based on the model you have in your project. If the project has more than one model, the sample query will be provided using the first one.
Under the demo query you will find some additional comments on keyboard shortcuts.
The API Playground is also great for:
Each tab of the API playground has four buttons:
No Locale, it will fetch all the content.By Default, the API Playground explorer located to the left of the screen will have the items of the demo query selected. You can modify the query manually, or use the checkboxes to do it instead.
You can also add a new query by clicking on the + button next to the query tabs.
You can find all your queries in the My Queries tab, located next to the Explorer tab. There, you can select which of your queries you wish to display, and edit the name by clicking on the pencil icon.
At the bottom of the screen you will find two sections: Query variables, and HTTP headers. In the Query variables section you can provide the variables, if necessary for your query to work. If you're working with GraphQL APIs that require you to pass custom headers, you can do that in the HTTP headers section.