Namespace resolution for graphql schema

Question

If I want to create 2 different User types based on context, how can I achieve it in graphql without naming them differently? Does graphql support namespaces or that concept in any form that we can achieve the same behavior? Please advise.

Answer 1

From the spec:

All types within a GraphQL schema must have unique names. No two provided types may have the same name. No provided type may have a name which conflicts with any built in types (including Scalar and Introspection types).

There is no concept of "namespaces" in GraphQL. A schema has operations, types, fields, arguments and directives -- that's it.

There's nothing wrong with having a single domain model (i.e. User) that maps to multiple types in your schema (i.e. Viewer and Friend).