AWS AppSync lets you build data-driven apps with real-time and offline-first capabilities based on GraphQL with custom resolver support for DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, AWS Lambda, and Local datasources.
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How do I insert an optional field as null using AppSync Resolvers and Aurora?
I have an optional String field, notes, that is sometimes empty. If it's empty I want to insert null, otherwise I want to insert the string.
Here is my resolver -
{
"version" : "2017-02-28",
"operation": "Invoke",
#set($id =…

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AWS AppSync Event Subscription Filtering on Cognito User
I have the following Schema:
input CreateEventInput {
userID: String!
eventID: ID!
type: String!
data: String
dateTime: AWSDateTime!
}
type Mutation {
createEvent(input: CreateEventInput!): event
}
type Subscription {
…

Drew
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React Native + AWS AppSync - maximum data storage
I’m building an offline application which needs to store around 30,000 records.
Will AWS AppSync have any performance issues with a data set of this size?
I’ve used redux w/ redux-persist in the past, which saves the store offline, then refetchs and…

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AWS AppSync - Unauthorized Exception
I have started using AWS AppSync and am running into a permissions issue.
I used AppSync to create a DynamoDB table for my data, and set up authorization for use with Cognito User Pools, which I've already created.
I set the Default Action to ALLOW…

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How to test Subscription in AWS AppSync Console?
I have written the following subscription and mutation code in the App Sync Console:
subscription SubscribeToCreateDoctor {
subscribeToCreateDoctor {
id
name
}
}
mutation CreateDoctor {
createDoctor(
input:…

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Querying DynamoDB with a list in AWS AppSync
I am trying to build an AWS AppSync query with a list using IN:
{
"version" : "2017-02-28",
"operation" : "Query",
"index" : "my-index",
"query" : {
"expression": "id IN :ids",
"expressionValues" : { ":ids" :…

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Cognito custom claims missing with Amplify but not with Appsync Console
I have the following resolver, allowing me to retrieve information about the current user company (companyId is added as a custom field on the cognito user pool). The field on cognito is set to mutable.
{
"version" : "2017-02-28",
…

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Return nested JSON in AWS AppSync query
I'm quite new to AppSync (and GraphQL), in general, but I'm running into a strange issue when hooking up resolvers to our DynamoDB tables. Specifically, we have a nested Map structure for one of our item's attributes that is arbitrarily constructed…

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Aws Appsync $util.error: data and errorInfo always null
I am playing with AWS AppSync. I am trying to output some error details when the request fails using the $util.error() helper (Documented here) in my resolver's response mapping template. No matter what I do, I am not able to get AppSync to output…

Benoît Bouré
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How return JSON object from DynamoDB with appsync?
How I can get JSON object in response from DynamoDB ? I store data in DB as array of object in format JSON. I have next mapping template request
{
"version": "2017-02-28",
"operation": "PutItem",
"key": {
"userId": {
"S": …

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Append item to list using AWS AppSync to DynamoDB
This might be a stupid question, but I really cannot find a way to do that.
So, I have DynamoDB tables and I have schema in AppSync api. In a table, for each row, there is a field which has a list as its value. So how can I append multiple items…

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AWS AppSync Versioning
I have set up an AWS AppSync including a GraphQL Schema, corresponding data sources as Dynamo DB tables as well as S3 Buckets from which I read data into the tables employing lambda functions.
I would like to version this setup by means of VCS…

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Use AppSync and Amazon RDS with serverless-graphql
There is this great repository with example implementations of different serverless scenarios.
Right now I'm struggling with the combination of AppSync and Amazon RDS. I tried the implementation of the standalone rds, and the appsync examples…

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Unable to upload large graphql schema to aws appsync
I am trying to upload my graphql schema to aws appsync. My graphql schema is nearly 5000 lines long. I tried uploading using cli and gui, both.
(1.) When using cli, I am continually getting error "Failed to parse schema document - ensure it's a…

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Save AWS Cognito Users in DynamoDB
I recently started experimenting with AWS AppSync but I had some questions around AWS Cognito.
I would like for users to be able to authenticate with Facebook but I need their profile picture, name and email as data for my public user profiles in my…

Rein Van Imschoot
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