GraphQL Clients in Python

The simplest approach uses requests - GraphQL is just HTTP with JSON:

import requests

query = """
query {
  user(id: 1) {
    name
    email
  }
}
"""

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.example.com/graphql",
    json={"query": query}
)
data = response.json()
print(data["data"]["user"]["name"])

For more features, use a dedicated client like gql:

from gql import gql, Client
from gql.transport.requests import RequestsHTTPTransport

transport = RequestsHTTPTransport(url="https://api.example.com/graphql")
client = Client(transport=transport)

query = gql("{ user(id: 1) { name } }")
result = client.execute(query)

The gql library adds schema validation, better error handling, and async support.

I cover Python GraphQL clients in my GraphQL with Python course.