cache.identify for ROOT_QUERY

[Mangatt]

Intended outcome:

There should be a way how to use cache.identify with ROOT_QUERY and keyArgs. If there is already a way, it should be documented.

Actual outcome:

There is currently no (apparent) way how to get an ID from cache with keyArgs.

How to reproduce the issue:

ROOT_QUERY
__typename:"Query"
comments:{"channellId":"1"}: [] 1 item
comments:{"channellId":"2"}: [] 11 items

None of following works:

cache.identify({__typename: 'comments', channellId: '1'}
cache.identify({__typename: 'Query', comments: {channellId: '1'}}
cache.identify({__typename: 'ROOT_QUERY', comments: {channellId: '1'}}

Versions

@apollo/client 3.5.7
OS: Windows 10 10.0.19044
Node: 17.4.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
Yarn: 1.22.15 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
npm: 8.3.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
Chrome: 97.0.4692.99

[benjamn]

@Mangatt Unless you're defining a custom keyFields array or dataIdFromObject function for the Query type, and it includes the comments field (unusual), the comments data should be ignored by cache.identify.

When I run cache.identify({ __typename: "Query" }) I get ROOT_QUERY back. It doesn't make a difference (for me) if I include any other fields, like comments.

Is there any chance you might be reconfiguring the default query __typename using queryType: true for some type other than Query?

[Mangatt]

Hello @benjamn , sorry for the late reply. No, I'm not reconfiguring __typename in any way.

[Mangatt]

I'm not sure if my question was clear enough - I need to get back from cache.identify string comments:{"channellId":"1"}, not ROOT_QUERY.