api-on-the-fly

[oliver-sanders]

The Web-UI component of cylc/cylc-flow#2123

• Introspect the GraphQL schema to obtain a list of mutations. - api on the fly - part 1 - generate forms from mutations #357
• Auto-generate any required forms. - api on the fly - part 1 - generate forms from mutations #357
• Output form data in the appropriate structure for use with a GraphQL mutation request. - api on the fly - part 1 - generate forms from mutations #357
• Use the argument types to work out what mutations relate to (i.e. workflow[s], task[s], job[s]). - api-on-the-fly - part 2 - mutation association #359
• Create an interface to list mutations relevant to an entity (i.e. workflow, task, job). - api-on-the-fly - part 2 - mutation association #359
• Support custom Cylc data types (see Api on the fly - GraphQL schema cylc-flow#3469) - api-on-the-fly - part 3 - cylc types #382
• Perform basic input validation. - api-on-the-fly - part 3 - cylc types #382
• Add functionality to request a mutation using form output. - api-on-the-fly - part 4 - mutations #385
• Centralise this functionality as a core service - mutations in the tree view #504
• Put it all together in a tool-tip. - mutations in the tree view #504
• Auto-complete workflow, task, family, cycle points, etc

Pull requests welcome!

[hjoliver]

I see you chose "insert" as an example above.

Note that the concept of "insertion" - which is hard to explain the need for to users - will go go away with spawn-on-demand (I'll update the new proposal!). And even without spawn-on-demand we were hoping to hide it from users (automatic insertion). cylc/cylc-flow#2143

So this might (remains to be seen) be one mutation that we do not actually need in the new UI.

[oliver-sanders]

I've got as far as I can with this one for the moment as the next steps involve modifying the Workflow Component which is currently in flux.

My suggestion is that the mutations functionality lies in the Workflow Service and Workflow Component (we need some logic in the workflow component e.g. to filter by the workflow(s) currently being displayed). For this #376 will need to be attempted first.

[oliver-sanders]

Bumped the remaining issue (auto-completion) to a new issue as it is a nice-to-have - #602