In the first three articles in this series, I walked you through how to use the API using GraphiQL, a web based tool included in Sonar. Now let’s build a very simple application so we can consume the API externally. Using the Sonar GraphQL API in an external application is pretty simple. It’s served over HTTPS, and the [...]

In GraphQL, a mutation is something that changes data. Whether you’re creating, updating, or deleting, running a mutation will always cause data to be modified. Let’s jump into how mutations work. Mutations in the Sonar API are always named for what they do, and written in camelCase. Here, I’m looking at the createAccountStatus mutation in GraphiQL. Mutations tend to (generally) be pretty simple in Sonar. [...]

In my last article, I talked about the basic structure of the new, GraphQL powered Sonar API and showed you how to construct some basic queries. If you haven’t read that article yet, start there! In this article, I’m going to dive into the real power of this API and show you how to construct some complex, powerful queries. Interfaces [...]

Welcome to the first part of the Sonar GraphQL API series. In this set of articles, I’ll teach you how to use the new, powerful GraphQL API that underlines Sonar, and show you all the amazing things you can do with it. Why GraphQL? When I started work on the newest version of Sonar, I knew that improving [...]