GraphQL gql Syntax Error: Expected Name, found }

Solution 1:

This error occurs mostly when there are unclosed curly braces or when some fields are not properly defined while calling the query.

Solution 2:

The accepted answer didn't solve my issue. Instead, it worked if you remove the initial curly brackets.

The query should look like this instead:

const query=gql`
  user(id: 5) {
    firstName
    lastName
  }
`

Solution 3:

The causes could be:

• you are adding a "()" at the beginning for no reason
• you need to add more 'nested' parameters.

Especially if you are using an online GraphiQL editor. Examples:

1- Wrong code (extra parenthesis)

{
  allFilms() {
    films {
      title
    }
  }
}

2- Wrong code (more parameters need it eg: title)

{
  allFilms {
    films {         
    }
  }
}

3- Correct code

{
  allFilms {
    films {
     title         
    }
  }
}

Solution 4:

I'm not 100% sure what the root of my problem was, but moving all the query code into a separate es6 module fixed the issue. There must have been some kind of contamination from the surrounding code. For reference my query was embedded within a React component.

This works:

import gql from 'graphql-tag'

const query = gql`
{
  user(id: 5) {
    firstName
    lastName
  }
}
`

export default query