From c5612f93989d96cc5abca03c6dbd4eae8f030db4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joao P Dubas <joao.dubas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:10:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [day-03] create custom scalar for uuid

Graphql doesn't support uuid natively. So, we must create a custom
scalar to handle this type.
---
 lib/wabanex_web/schema/types/custom/uuid4.ex | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/wabanex_web/schema/types/custom/uuid4.ex

diff --git a/lib/wabanex_web/schema/types/custom/uuid4.ex b/lib/wabanex_web/schema/types/custom/uuid4.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c541fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/wabanex_web/schema/types/custom/uuid4.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+defmodule WabanexWeb.Schema.Types.Custom.UUID4 do
+  use Absinthe.Schema.Notation
+
+  alias Ecto.UUID
+
+  scalar :uuid4, name: "UUID4" do
+    description("""
+    The `UUID4` scalar type represents UUID4 compliant string data, represented as UTF-8
+    character sequences. The UUID4 type is most often used to represent unique
+    human-readable ID strings.
+    """)
+
+    serialize(&encode/1)
+    parse(&decode/1)
+  end
+
+  @spec decode(Absinthe.Blueprint.Input.String.t()) :: {:ok, term()} | :error
+  @spec decode(Absinthe.Blueprint.Input.Null.t()) :: {:ok, nil}
+  defp decode(%Absinthe.Blueprint.Input.String{value: value}) do
+    UUID.cast(value)
+  end
+
+  defp decode(%Absinthe.Blueprint.Input.Null{}) do
+    {:ok, nil}
+  end
+
+  defp decode(_) do
+    :error
+  end
+
+  defp encode(value), do: value
+end