Node.js mutation example using Axios

Hi @kevinmarchese

Here’s a sample request to create an item in a board:

const axios = require('axios')
const body = {
  query: `
	mutation ($boardId: Int!, $groupId: String!, $itemName: String!, $columnValues: JSON!) {
	  create_item (
	    board_id: $boardId,
	    group_id: $groupId,
	    item_name: $itemName,
	    column_values: $columnValues
	  ) {
	    id
	  }
	}
  `,
  variables: {
  	boardId: 1234567,
	groupId: "topics",
	itemName: "New item name",
	columnValues: JSON.stringify({ status: { index: 1 } })
  }
}
axios.post(`https://api.monday.com/v2`, body, {
    headers: {
      Authorization: 'API_TOKEN'
    }
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err.data)
  })
  .then(res => {
    console.log(res.data)
  })

@danielco 🤩 I don’t even know what to say right now! Thank you of course! but its not enough for the time you saved me! I love yo…wait too strong. Seriously @danielco THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN!!!

Now that I know what I’m doing wrong and the correct structor I’m confident that I can figure the rest out based on this…so you gave me a great gift today and I hope one day I can at least pay it forward.

Glad i could help 🙂
Let me know if you need more examples or have any issues

Hello Daniel,
This particular example I can’t get working. I get this error:
{ errors:
[ { message: ‘Integer isn’t a defined input type (on $boardId)’,
locations: [Array],
fields: [Array] } ] }

-All i changed was board id, and added my api key

Never Mind. there was a typo. It all works now.
This is the code that worked for me:

const axios = require(‘axios’);
axios({ url: ‘https://api.monday.com/v2’, headers: {
Authorization: myapikey
},
method: ‘post’,
data: {
query: mutation create_item($boardId: Int!, $groupId: String!, $itemName: String!, $columnValues: JSON!) { create_item ( board_id: $boardId, group_id: $groupId, item_name: $itemName, column_values: $columnValues ) { id } } ,
variables: {
boardId: 12345,
groupId: “Test”,
itemName: "New item ",
columnValues: JSON.stringify({ status: { index: 1 } })
}
}
}).then((result) => {
console.log(result.data)

})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error)
});

Thanks for posting your revised code! I’ve gone ahead and edited the original post to reflect the correct formatting.

yes, I remember having to change to $boardId: Int! because it was just integer!, or something along these lines. It was close enough though to be very helpful.

I’m glad to hear it was helpful @kevinmarchese!