How to expose graphql field with different name

Question

I am exploring GraphQL and would like to know if there is any way of renaming the response field for example i have a POJO with these field

class POJO {   Long id;   String name; } 

GraphQL query:

type POJO {   id: Long   name: String } 

My response is something like this

{   "POJO" {     "id": 123,     "name": "abc"   } } 

Can i rename the name field to something like userName so that my response is below

{   "POJO" {     "id": 123,     "userName": "abc"   } } 

Answer 1

You can use GraphQL Aliases to modify individual keys in the JSON response.

If this is your original query

query {   POJO {     id     name   } } 

you can introduce a GraphQL alias userName for the field name like so:

query {   POJO {     id     userName: name   } } 

You can also use GraphQL aliases to use the same query or mutation field multiple times in the same GraphQL operation. This get's especially interesting when using field parameters:

query {   first: POJO(first: 1) {     id     name   }    second: POJO(first: 1, skip: 1) {     id     name   } }