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Goal: I want to be able to define a transformer which can be automatically used on a resource (eg. a GraphQL API resource) to transform the response data, without having to define it for every use of the resource across different applications.
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Steps: It doesn't seem to be possible to define a transformer when you define a Resource, only when you use the Resource in a given application (which means I would need to define it >35 times for my use case). Maybe I've missed something? I also looked into Workflows but they don't work with Authenticated API calls as far as I can tell so that wouldn't work for our use-case either.
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Details: We have a resource which allows us to call our Internal GraphQL API from our Retool applications. The data comes back in a specific format, and it'd be very helpful to be able to transform the data automatically for every use-case rather than at specific usage sites of this resource.
Hi @emilyruby and welcome to the forum!
I know the feeling as I've worked with a client that has multiple apps connecting to shopify via Graphql and we need to add transformers to each query.
Something that comes to mind is that you could set up a global function and then in your transformer simply pass data as a parameter. You would still have to call the function in each query, but i guess it is better than copying the transformer every time. And if you have a need to update the transformer, you can do it only once in the function.
Update: The closed beta for resource functions and sync functions has concluded, and the feature is not being enabled for additional organizations. No further improvements or bug fixes will be made. See the Legacy: Resource and sync functions docs for details.
Here's more info on the current status of the Functions beta.
Preloaded app-level Javascript is a similar functionality that is available on all plans (much of which will be replaced by Functions long term).