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Define a resource

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defmodule Example.Post do
  use Ash.Resource,
    domain: Example,
    data_layer: AshPostgres.DataLayer

  resource do
    description "A post is the primary sharable entity in our system"
  end

  postgres do
    table "posts"
    repo Example.Repo
  end

  attributes do
    attribute :text, :string do
      allow_nil? false
      description "The body of the text"
    end

    attribute :visibility, :atom do
      constraints [
        one_of: [:friends, :everyone]
      ]
      description "Which set of users this post should be visible to"
    end
  end

  actions do
    update :react do
      argument :type, Example.Types.ReactionType do
        allow_nil? false
      end

      change manage_relationship(
        :type,
        :reactions,
        type: :append
      )
    end
  end

  relationships do
    belongs_to :author, Example.User do
      allow_nil? true
    end

    has_many :reactions, Example.Reaction
  end
end
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post = Example.Post.create!(%{
  text: "Declarative programming is fun!"
})

Example.Post.react!(post, %{type: :like})

Example.Post
|> Ash.Query.filter(likes > 10)
|> Ash.Query.sort(likes: :desc)
|> Ash.read!()
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graphql do
  type :post

  queries do
    get :get_post, :read
    list :feed, :read
  end

  mutations do
    create :create_post, :create
    update :react_to_post, :react
  end
end