using-global-ids.md

Global IDs vs Database IDs

The id input for Form and Entry queries accepts either the Gravity Forms ID ( idType: DATABASE_ID ) assigned to the WordPress database, or a global (base-64 encoded) ID ( idType: ID ).

To generate global ID for an object, you encode the name of the WPGraphQL Data Loader, followed by the database ID. This can be done in JavaScript using the btoa() function like this, where gf_form is the GraphQL type and 1 is the form ID:

const globalId = btoa(`gf_form:1`); // Results in "Z2ZfZm9ybTox"

You can also retrieve the global ID by returning the id field on the object.

The example query below shows how you can use a Global ID as your input, and how you can include the global ID in the query's response:

query gfForm{
  gfForm(id: "Z2ZfZm9ybTox", idType: ID) {
    databaseId
    id # This is the (string) global `ID`.
    dateCreated
    isActive
    isTrash
  }
}