Hi, I’m new to developing on Monday.com and I need some help formatting a graphQL query using the monday.com client. I’ve tried just about everything I can think of but continue to run into errors!

Here’s my code:

try {

		const mondayClient = initMondayClient();

		mondayClient.setToken('MyAccessToken');

		mondayClient.setApiVersion('2024-04');



		const query = `mutation create_item($board_id: ID!, $my_item_name: String!, $columnVals: JSON!) {

				create_item(board_id: $board_id, item_name: $my_item_name, column_values: $columnVals) { 

					id

				}

			}`;

		const vars = {

		    "my_item_name" : "Newest Purchase",

		    "board_id": '11111111111',

		    "columnVals" : JSON.stringify({

			    "status45" : {"label" : "Under Review"},

			    "status4" : {"label" : "J199"}, //Project #

			    "dropdown" : {"dropdown" : "MCMaster"}, //Vendors

			})

		};



		const response = await mondayClient.api(query, vars);

		console.log(response);

	} catch (err) {

		console.log(err);

	}

The most common error I see is this:

“Variable $board_id of type ID! was provided invalid value”

“Variable $my_item_name of type String! was provided invalid value”

“Variable $columnVals of type JSON! was provided invalid value”

I’ve also tried formatting the variables like this:

const vars = {

		    "my_item_name" : "Newest Purchase",

		    "board_id": '1111111111',

		    "columnVals" : "{\\"status45\\" : \\"Under Review\\", \\"status4\\" : \\"J199\\"}"

		};

same errors.

This code works great if I run it through a javascript fetch function rather than through the monday client. Which is why I know it’s just a formatting issue.

Obviously in my real code I use the correct token, and board_ID.

Please help! I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.