Format for date fields GraphQL API

trunglyPRO

6 months ago

I'm trying to use the GraphQL API for getting deployments information. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to specify the "before" and "after" date values in order to filter the response by a specific date range. I've tried a standard ISO date string and some other variations.

This works (without "before" and "after" variables set):

curl --location 'https://backboard.railway.app/graphql/v2' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: °°°°°°°°°° \
--data '{"query":"query deployments($after: String, $before: String, $first: Int, $input: DeploymentListInput!, $last: Int) {\n  deployments(\n    after: $after\n    before: $before\n    first: $first\n    input: $input\n    last: $last\n  ) {\n    __typename\n    edges {\n        node {\n            createdAt\n            status\n            meta\n        }\n    }\n  }\n}","variables":{"first":8,"input":{"projectId":"°°°°°°°°°°","environmentId":"°°°°°°°°°°","serviceId":"°°°°°°°°°°"}}}'

But if I try adding the "before" variable in an ISO format it doesn't work:

curl --location 'https://backboard.railway.app/graphql/v2' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer °°°°°°°°°°' \
--data '{"query":"query deployments($after: String, $before: String, $first: Int, $input: DeploymentListInput!, $last: Int) {\n  deployments(\n    after: $after\n    before: $before\n    first: $first\n    input: $input\n    last: $last\n  ) {\n    __typename\n    edges {\n        node {\n            createdAt\n            status\n            meta\n        }\n    }\n  }\n}","variables":{"first":8,"before":"2024-11-27T23:36:38.418Z","input":{"projectId":"°°°°°°°°°°","environmentId":"°°°°°°°°°°","serviceId":"°°°°°°°°°°"}}}'

This is the response I get, which is not specific enough for me to figure out what went wrong:

{"errors":[{"message":"Problem processing request","traceId":"3844069342004704628"}],"data":null}

I've also tried a unix timestamp as the value.

Solved

3 Replies

brodyEMPLOYEE

6 months ago

Hello,

before and after are not timestamps, they are cursor locations.

You will need to add pageInfo to your GQL call to get the cursors -

pageInfo {
  hasNextPage
  endCursor
}

Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] • 6 months ago

trunglyPRO

6 months ago

That explains it. @brody, thanks for the clarification!

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] • 6 months ago

brodyEMPLOYEE

6 months ago

No problem!

Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] • 6 months ago

Status changed to Solved brody • 6 months ago

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