Send Custom Request - Set Arguments

[JonasDoe]

Hey,
I'm trying to use a schema to create a custom request. Basically it's for a custom batchloading/dataloader implementation because the provided methods don't suffice. So what I do is creating a new request for, say, persons, which takes orderBy: OrderPersonsBy! as argument and returns a connection with edges and node which represent the entities:

const newRequest = createRequest({
  targetOperation: 'query',
  selectionSet: {
    kind: 'SelectionSet',
    selections: [
      {
        kind: 'Field',
        name: { kind: 'Name', value: 'edges' },
        selectionSet: {
          kind: 'SelectionSet',
          selections: [
            {
              kind: 'Field',
              name: { kind: 'Name', value: 'node' },
              selectionSet: { kind: 'SelectionSet', selections: info.fieldNodes[0].selectionSet?.selections || [] },
            },
          ],
        },
      },
    ],
  },
  targetFieldName: 'persons',
  variableDefinitions: [
    {
      kind: 'VariableDefinition',
      variable: { kind: 'Variable', name: { kind: 'Name', value: 'orderBy' } },
      type: {
        kind: 'NonNullType',
        type: { kind: 'NamedType', name: { kind: 'Name', value: 'OrderPersonsBy' } },
      },
    },
  ],
  variableValues: { orderBy: { createdBy: { priority: 1, ascending: true } } },
});

const result = await delegateRequest({ request: newRequest, schema: personSchema });

My main issue is that I keep receiving the message "argument "orderBy" of type OrderPersonsBy!" is required, but not provided. I think there's some link between the variableValues and the actual query missing, but I don't know where to provide it. I hope it's not the optional location field because I guess that would be the end of my route then. :)

Any advices? Or am I better off with running the request without graphql-tools at all? Thank you in advance!

[yaacovCR]

I think you need to set args property in delegateRequest

I think you might be able to use batchDelegate with a transform as an alternative but may be kind of tricky

[JonasDoe]

Thanks! args did the trick!
batchDelegate is actually where I came from, but gave up because sadly my scenario is a bit more off than depicted here, so I figure it would'nt work for my case. I was on the fence whether I should ask how to get along with batchDelegates or ask about my issues with this workaround, but I think the workaround was the better choice after all! :)