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Logical Connectives (and, or, & not)

The logical connectives and, or and not combine multiple functions in a filter.

When you provide multiple parameters in a filter argument they are combined with and logic by default, as in the following example:

{
  getPerson(xid: "alice") {
    xid
    friends(filter: {
      xid: { eq: "dave" }
      age: { eq: 35 }
    }) {
      xid
      age
    }
  }
}

With GraphQL, each parameter of an argument object must be unique. You can wrap arguments in logical lists using and and or, as follows:

{
  getPerson(xid: "alice") {
    xid
    friends(filter: {
      and: [
        { age: { ge: 30 } },
        { age: { lt: 40 } }
      ]
    }) {
      xid
      age
    }
  }
}

Dgraph generates another GraphQL syntax for joining multiple filter functions together with inline and and or filter parameters. When combining more than two filter functions, or using more than a single logical combinator, users might find that logical lists provide more easily readable queries.

{
  getPerson(xid: "alice") {
    xid
    friends(filter: {
      age: { ge: 35 }, or: { xid: { eq: "frank" } }
    }) {
      xid
      age
    }
  }
}

You can also add inequality filters using the not logical combinator, as follows:

{
  queryPerson(filter: { not: { age: { le: 30 } } }) {
    id
    name
    ownsPets {
      id
      name
    }
  }
}