Hi in every rule in the documentation there is one part that is not clear why it’s there and what it does. Can you explain it, please? The part that is unclear is the one I between **: query($USER: String!) { queryTodo { user(filter: { username: { eq: $USER } }) { **__typename** }…

What does __typename do in GraphQL?

chewxy (chewxy) September 30, 2020, 10:05am 4

Thanks to @pawan - __typename returns the GraphQL type name of the node - which might not be the same as dgraph.type.

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Upmost __typename in query: Operation not allowed Dgraph Cloud dgraph , kind:bug	4	963	July 25, 2022
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