class InputType 🔹

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.AppSync.InputType
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.appsync.InputType
Python	aws_cdk.aws_appsync.InputType
TypeScript (source)	@aws-cdk/aws-appsync » InputType

Implements IIntermediateType

Input Types are abstract types that define complex objects.

They are used in arguments to represent

Example

declare const api: appsync.GraphqlApi;
const review = new appsync.InputType('Review', {
  definition: {
    stars: appsync.GraphqlType.int({ isRequired: true }),
    commentary: appsync.GraphqlType.string(),
  },
});
api.addType(review);

Initializer

new InputType(name: string, props: IntermediateTypeOptions)

Parameters

• name string
• props IntermediateTypeOptions

Properties

Name	Type	Description
definition🔹	{ [string]: IField }	the attributes of this type.
name🔹	string	the name of this type.
modes?🔹	AuthorizationType[]	the authorization modes for this intermediate type.

---

definition🔹

Type: { [string]: IField }

the attributes of this type.

---

name🔹

Type: string

the name of this type.

---

modes?🔹

Type: AuthorizationType[] (optional)

the authorization modes for this intermediate type.

Methods

Name	Description
addField(options)🔹	Add a field to this Input Type.
attribute(options?)🔹	Create a GraphQL Type representing this Input Type.
toString()🔹	Generate the string of this input type.

---

addField(options)🔹

public addField(options: AddFieldOptions): void

Parameters

• options AddFieldOptions — the options to add a field.

Add a field to this Input Type.

Input Types must have both fieldName and field options.

---

attribute(options?)🔹

public attribute(options?: BaseTypeOptions): GraphqlType

Parameters

• options BaseTypeOptions — the options to configure this attribute.

Returns

• GraphqlType

Create a GraphQL Type representing this Input Type.

---

toString()🔹

public toString(): string

Returns

• string

Generate the string of this input type.