graphene/docs/relay/connection.rst
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Connection
==========
A connection is a vitaminized version of a List that provides ways of
slicing and paginating through it. The way you create Connection types
in ``graphene`` is using ``relay.Connection`` and ``relay.ConnectionField``.
Quick example
-------------
If we want to create a custom Connection on a given node, we have to subclass the
``Connection`` class.
In the following example, ``extra`` will be an extra field in the connection,
and ``other`` an extra field in the Connection Edge.
.. code:: python
class ShipConnection(Connection):
extra = String()
class Meta:
node = Ship
class Edge:
other = String()
The ``ShipConnection`` connection class, will have automatically a ``pageInfo`` field,
and a ``edges`` field (which is a list of ``ShipConnection.Edge``).
This ``Edge`` will have a ``node`` field linking to the specified node
(in ``ShipConnection.Meta``) and the field ``other`` that we defined in the class.
Connection Field
----------------
You can create connection fields in any Connection, in case any ObjectType
that implements ``Node`` will have a default Connection.
.. code:: python
class Faction(graphene.ObjectType):
name = graphene.String()
ships = relay.ConnectionField(ShipConnection)
def resolve_ships(self):
return []