Running a query that has no name fails in addVariablesToRootField() with: Cannot read property 'map' of null at /mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/AddArgumentsAsVariables.ts:67:59

[edelreal]

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When I upgrade graphql-tools to ^3.0.0 (or when I use { makeExecutableSchema, mergeSchemas } from apollo-server-express ^2.0.0), I get the following error when I run one of my resolvers:

authenticatedSchemaServer: response: { data: { allClients: null },
  errors:
   [ { GraphQLError: Cannot read property 'map' of null
       message: 'Cannot read property \'map\' of null',
       locations: [Array],
       path: [Array],
       extensions: [Object] } ],
  extensions: { cacheControl: { version: 1, hints: [Array] } } }
[2018-07-20T19:44:07.063Z] ERROR: nexus/22950 on DESKTOP-DOVO15N: Cannot read property 'map' of null
  err: {
    "message": "Cannot read property 'map' of null",
    "locations": [
      {
        "line": 2,
        "column": 3
      }
    ],
    "path": [
      "allClients"
    ],
    "extensions": {
      "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
      "exception": {
        "stacktrace": [
          "TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of null",
          "    at /mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/AddArgumentsAsVariables.ts:67:59",
          "    at Array.map (<anonymous>)",
          "    at addVariablesToRootField (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/AddArgumentsAsVariables.ts:66:36)",
          "    at AddArgumentsAsVariablesTransform.transformRequest (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/AddArguments
AsVariables.ts:31:11)",
          "    at /mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/transforms.ts:24:21",
          "    at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)",
          "    at Object.applyRequestTransforms (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/transforms/transforms.ts:21:21)",
          "    at /mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/stitching/delegateToSchema.ts:76:28",
          "    at step (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/dist/stitching/delegateToSchema.js:32:23)",
          "    at Object.next (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/dist/stitching/delegateToSchema.js:13:53)",
          "    at /mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/dist/stitching/delegateToSchema.js:7:71",
          "    at new Promise (<anonymous>)",
          "    at __awaiter (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/dist/stitching/delegateToSchema.js:3:12)",
          "    at delegateToSchemaImplementation (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/dist/stitching/delegateToSchema.js:57:12)",
          "    at Object.delegateToSchema [as default] (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/stitching/delegateToSchema.ts:44:10)
",
          "    at Object.delegateToSchema (/mnt/c/Users/pixel/git/nexus/node_modules/graphql-tools/src/stitching/mergeSchemas.ts:354:30)"
        ]
      }
    }
  }

The resolver works fine when I downgrade to graphql-tools ^2.24.0:

[2018-07-20T20:24:42.700Z] DEBUG: nexus/23805 on DESKTOP-DOVO15N: authenticatedSchemaServer: Query nesting depth: { '': 1 }
[2018-07-20T20:24:42.702Z] DEBUG: nexus/23805 on DESKTOP-DOVO15N: Client.getClientsBaseInfo:
{ method: 'select',
  options: {},
  timeout: false,
  cancelOnTimeout: false,
  bindings: [],
  __knexQueryUid: '8ef5057d-616d-4c24-a14d-d977e1253d5c',
  sql: 'select * from "anewgo"."clients" order by "alt_name" asc' }
authenticatedSchemaServer: response: { data:
   { allClients:
      [ [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object] ] },
  extensions: { cacheControl: { version: 1, hints: [Array] } } }

[codingedgar]

I have the same issue, in my case, it triggers when I query with a Query Definition without a name
{ User { name } }, if i name it query userName { User { name } } it does not throws.

[edelreal]

@edgarjrg : awesome, that was very helpful, thanks.

I confirmed that is the case.

In the GraphQL Playground, if I try running the query

{
  allClients {
    id
  }
}

or

query {
  allClients {
    id
  }
}

, it fails with the 'Cannot read property \'map\' of null' error.

However, if I try running this named query

query queryWithAName {
  allClients{
    id
  }
}

, then it works.

[codingedgar]

Any workaround found for this issue?

[edelreal]

@edgarjrg The work around I used was to give my queries names. Another workaround I used earlier was to downgrade graphql-tools to 2.x; can you clarify what kind of workaround you are looking for?

[codingedgar]

@edelreal I regex the query in a middleware to see if it has a name and if not append one, but then ran into: #743. I tried to downgrade to 2.x but was using the transforms of 3.x heavily, and it did not work well using the 2 lib versions (the transforms did not return the expected values.)

[yaacovCR]

This stale issue appears to be fixed. Please reopen if necessary.