gql: GraphQL Client for Python

import asyncio
import os
from gql import Client, gql
from gql.transport.aiohttp import AIOHTTPTransport

async def main():
    # Replace with your GraphQL endpoint
    # For a real application, consider using environment variables for the URL and auth.
    graphql_url = os.environ.get('GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT_URL', 'https://countries.trevorblades.com/graphql')
    auth_token = os.environ.get('GRAPHQL_AUTH_TOKEN', '')

    headers = {}
    if auth_token:
        headers['Authorization'] = f'Bearer {auth_token}'

    # Select your transport
    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=graphql_url, headers=headers)

    # Create a GraphQL client
    client = Client(transport=transport, fetch_schema_from_transport=True)

    # Provide a GraphQL query (now returns GraphQLRequest object in v4+)
    query = gql(
        """
        query getContinents {
            continents {
                code
                name
            }
        }
        """
    )

    # Using `async with` on the client will start a connection
    # and provide a `session` variable to execute queries on this connection.
    async with client as session:
        # Execute the query (now accepts GraphQLRequest object in v4+)
        result = await session.execute(query)
        print(result)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # If an asyncio event loop is already running, use this instead:
    # import nest_asyncio
    # nest_asyncio.apply()
    # asyncio.run(main())
    asyncio.run(main())