API - Rate limits and usability.

monday Apps & Developers
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1

So, I’ve been attempting to build a better dashboard so that I can view multiple stats and progress across multiple projects, however the API complexity limits and overall usability have just stopped me in my tracks. I can’t even do this query without it being 2.5x the complexity limit:

  const query = `
    query fetchBoards($boardIds: [ID!]!) {
      complexity {
        before
        query
        after
        reset_in_x_seconds
      }
      boards(ids: $boardIds) {
        id
        name
        groups {
          id
          title
          items_page(limit: 100) {
            items {
              column_values(ids: ["status"]) {
                text
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  `;

Either I’m missing something or is the API just completely unusable?

2

Hey @kevin.robertson,

Bill here from monday.com - Welcome to the community! :wave:

Complexity limits increase exponentially if queries are nested. The reason why your complexity is so high is because you’ve nested the items_page query within the groups query.

If you remove the nesting and send something like this, it should reduce the complexity.

const query = `
    query fetchBoards($boardIds: [ID!]!) {
      complexity {
        before
        query
        after
        reset_in_x_seconds
      }
      boards(ids: $boardIds) {
        id
        name
        groups {
          id
          title
        }
   items_page(limit: 100) {
            items {
              column_values(ids: ["status"]) {
                text
              }
            }
          }
      }
    }
  `;

Let me know if that works for you.

Cheers,
Bill