Cannot use variables in certain queries

[RyanCross]

Hello! This might just be me being obtuse, but I cannot get the following query to work with variables

Here is my config object with the query

{
      resolve: `gatsby-source-github-api`,
      options: {
        token: process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN,
        graphQLQuery: `
        {
          search(type: REPOSITORY, query: "user:$userName topic:$topicName", last: 50) {
            repos: edges {
              repo: node {
                ... on Repository {
                  url
                  openGraphImageUrl
                  name
                  description
                }
              }
            }
          }
          user(login: $userName) { 
            pinnedItems(first: 10) {
              nodes {
                ... on Repository {
                  id
                  name
                  description
                  watchers {
                    totalCount
                  }
                  languages(first: 2) {
                    nodes {
                      color
                      name
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }        
          `,
        variables: {
          userName: "RyanCross",
          topicName: "game-jam"
        }
      }
    }

The first part of the query works just fine (tested on its own), but this second piece fails user(login: $userName) {

I believe this has to do with the surrounding quotes, if I replace it with the original value "RyanCross" the query executes fine.

Tried wrapping the variable with quotes in the template string and tried something like:

{ 
variables: {
          userName: "RyanCross",
          userName2: "\"RyanCross\""
        
}

Query still failed on build though :(. Any ideas?

[ldd]

Your query is malformed, and doesn't work in the Explorer.

You are missing this on the first line: query($userName:String!){

reference: https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/issues/156#issuecomment-236762354

query($userName:String!){
          search(type: REPOSITORY, query: "user:$userName topic:$topicName", last: 50) {
            repos: edges {
              repo: node {
                ... on Repository {
                  url
                  openGraphImageUrl
                  name
                  description
                }
              }
            }
          }
      
          user(login: $userName) { 
            pinnedItems(first: 10) {
              nodes {
                ... on Repository {
                  id
                  name
                  description
                  watchers {
                    totalCount
                  }
                  languages(first: 2) {
                    nodes {
                      color
                      name
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        
}       

I'm not 100% sure if this fixes your problem, but I hope it helps!

[ldd]

@RyanCross did my suggestion work? I sure hope so. I'll close this issue in about ~3 months if I don't hear back from you or anyone else, as I believe it was an issue of how to format the query rather than an actual issue with the plugin

(see my previous answer for more info)