GraphQL - fetch a field conditionally

Imagine that I have a following query (I am using Apollo):

const userQuery = gql` query { user { id name } } `;

I want to fetch name field only if some condition is met (let's say variable shouldFetchName is true). How should I approach this and what is the best practice?

1 Answer

You can pass a variable to your query and use a Directive to fetch a field conditionally, like name @include(if: $shouldFetchName).

See the docs for Directives.