Khan/genqlient

Send a hash instead of the query

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#20 opened on Apr 22, 2021

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It's unclear to me if there's a standard spec for this, but certainly it's something some people do, to save bytes or whatnot. Apollo has some fancy way of doing it.

This would make #7 less important. It's also doable in graphql.Client, although perhaps better done at compile-time.

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Research direction
Investigate how Apollo implements query hashing (e.g., Apollo's persisted queries). Look at genqlient's graphql.Client to understand request flow. Determine a method to compute a hash (e.g., SHA256) of the query string and send it instead, with the full query only on miss. Consider implementing at compile time or runtime. Reference issue #7 for context.
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go
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backend
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3
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Half day
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Clear
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GoGraphQL
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60