Querying redirects using where params

[evrenbal]

There are cases that we need to query if there is a redirection set for a specific URI. For example, in case of "not found error" you may want to redirect the user to correct page instead of showing a 404 page.

Currently, we can get all redirects from the SEO (Yoast config) node but it is not feasible to get a full list of redirects and filter on client side. It would be perfect if we can query the redirect with a where param, use the query result to redirect to correct page or to throw a 404 error.

I would like to know your thoughts and possible development ideas on this.

[Plinpod]

Running into the same need

[Plinpod]

Here is my workaround for now.

Added a new field to the Root that takes a URI param and searches for a redirect. I use this alongside nodeByUri so if nodeByUri is null and the redirect exists I handle it. If both are null then that's a proper 404.

register_graphql_field( 'RootQuery', 'redirect', [
        'type' => 'String',
        'description' => __( 'Check if uri has redirect' ),
        'args' => [
            'uri' => [
                'type' => [ 'non_null' => 'String' ],
                'description' => __( 'The uri to check for redirect' ),
            ],
        ],
        'resolve' => function($root, $args) {
            $redirectsObj = class_exists('WPSEO_Redirect_Option') ? new \WPSEO_Redirect_Option() : false;
            $lookup = $redirectsObj ? $redirectsObj->get($args['uri']) : false;
            $redirect = $lookup ? $lookup->get_target() : null;
        
            return $redirect;
        }
    ] );