languageCode

searchTerm

blogQuery

blogSettings

BlogPostListPage_blogSettings

blogTags

BlogPostTagList_blogTags

BlogPostList_publishedBlogPosts

title

metaTitle

metaDescription

edges

first

publishedBlogPosts

pageInfo

query blogQuery(
  $languageCode: String!
  $searchTerm: String
) {
  blogSettings(languageCode: $languageCode) {
    ...BlogPostListPage_blogSettings
    id
  }
  blogTags(languageCode: $languageCode) {
    ...BlogPostTagList_blogTags
  }
  ...BlogPostList_publishedBlogPosts_38vwR
}

fragment BlogPostListItem_blogPost on BlogPost {
  id
  title
  summary
  urlSlug
  cover
}

fragment BlogPostListPage_blogSettings on BlogSettingsPayload {
  title
  metaTitle
  metaDescription
}

fragment BlogPostList_publishedBlogPosts_38vwR on Query {
  publishedBlogPosts(first: 60, languageCode: $languageCode, searchTerm: $searchTerm) {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        ...BlogPostListItem_blogPost
        __typename
      }
      cursor
    }
    pageInfo {
      endCursor
      hasNextPage
    }
  }
}

fragment BlogPostTagList_blogTags on BlogTagConnection {
  edges {
    node {
      id
      linkTitle
      urlSlug
    }
  }
}


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