Example No 3 in Section 2.2 (Descriptions) of Spec

[aditya1746]

"""
Request the current status of a time machine and its operator.
You can also check the status for a particular year.
**Warning:** certain years may trigger an anomaly in the space-time continuum.
"""
query GetTimeMachineStatus(
  "The unique serial number of the time machine to inspect."
  $machineId: ID!
  "The year to check the status for."
  $year: Int
) {
  timeMachine(id: $machineId) {
    ...TimeMachineDetails
    status(year: $year)
  }
}

This example seems to have usual strings instead of block strings, is this valid? Or it is an editorial mistake?

[benjie]

It’s valid:

https://spec.graphql.org/draft/#Description

[aditya1746]

On SWAPI, I get this

query GetPlanet( 
   "The unique serial number of the time machine to inspect."
   $id: ID) {
  planet(id: $id){
    name
    id
    diameter
  }
}

response:

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Syntax Error: Expected $, found String \"The unique serial number of the time machine to inspect.\"",
      "locations": [
        {
          "line": 112,
          "column": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

[benjie]

I believe it’s running a version of GraphQL.js that does not yet have support for these descriptions.

graphql/graphql-js#4482