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Consuming GraphQL based API in PowerApps

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Posted on 31 Jul 2020 13:40:10 by Mradul_K Microsoft Employee

I want to consume my web API build using GraphQL query language in my Canvas based power app. How to register such API under custom connections and how to consume this connection in canvas app to execute queries?

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ashiqf 124 on 26 Apr 2021 at 09:59:31

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Re: Consuming GraphQL based API in PowerApps

I know it is an old post but it might help some one looking for an answer. If you want to use a GraphQL query based API in Power Apps, you can either register a Custom Connector calling the graphql api or call a flow which call the API through the HTTP connector. To call a graphql api, you will have to convert the GraphQL query to raw body, Postman utility will help you do this.
I have written about this on the following blogpost how you can do this
https://ashiqf.com/2021/04/25/what-is-graphql-and-how-to-consume-a-graphql-query-based-api-in-power-automate/
ChrisPiasecki 6,397 Most Valuable Professional on 01 Aug 2020 at 19:21:16

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Re: Consuming GraphQL based API in PowerApps

Hi Mradul_K,

To consume a custom API, this requires registering a custom connector. Please note though that only REST APIs can be consumed by Power Apps and Power Automate (Logic Apps can also consume WCF endpoints). The canvas app relies on the swagger/open API definition of the REST endpoint to determine the schema of the response object so that you can map fields to controls on the canvas. Unless your graphql is behind a REST API, you won't be able to consume it directly within Power Apps.