Tooling

Tooling

Fast-Weigh GraphQL & REST APIs

 
To add the API module to your Fast-Weigh subscription, contact us at 865-219-2980 or support@tacinsight.com.

This guide will walk you through setting up your development environment.

Download tooling

We recommend using a tool called Insomnia Client for query development and debugging. It has some great built-in features tailored for join REST and GraphQL development that make it quick and easy to get started.

Grab the free download here

Setup development workspace

Create a collection

Create a new request collection to house your queries.

Create a request

In this Request Collection, you'll define your queries.

 
Note: Make sure you remember to set the HTTP method to POST and the body to GraphQL Query.

Add your endpoint and API key

In your request, fill in the URL/endpoint and go to the "Header" tab to paste your API key.


View documentation and enable autocompletion

Once your API key and endpoint are pasted in, you can view the always-up-to-date data model docs without leaving Insomnia.

Back on the "GraphQL" tab you should see a "schema" option at the top right of the query box.

Clicking on that will give you the option to refresh the schema. Doing so will fetch the latest data model from the server and build live documentation.

Once you have refreshed, you'll have access to the documentation as well as query auto-completion within the editor.

Adding the Copy Telerik Body Plugin

Once you have written your query and are ready to use to it build a Telerik Data Source, you will need the "Fast-Weigh: Copy Telerik Body" Plugin to generate your Telerik Data Source Body.

On the top of the screen, click Application > Preferences.

On the Insomnia Preferences pop-up, navigate to Plugins.

In the npm-package-name field, enter insomnia-plugin-fast-weigh and click Install Plugin.

You should now see the plugin in the list.

Close the Preferences pop-up and right-click an existing Request name. You should now see the Fast-Weigh: Copy Telerik Body plugin as an option.




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