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JSON file should have a data field with the introspection re

Error message

JSON file should have a data field with the introspection results

What it means

Error "JSON file should have a data field with the introspection results" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/body/graph-ql-editor.tsx:430

      buttonLabel: 'Import',
      properties: ['openFile'],
      filters: [
        // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/29322
        {
          extensions: ['', 'json'],
        },
      ],
    };
    const { canceled, filePaths } = await window.dialog.showOpenDialog(options);
    if (canceled) {
      return;
    }
    try {
      const filePath = filePaths[0]; // showOpenDialog is single select
      const file = await window.main.insecureReadFile({ path: filePath });
      const content = JSON.parse(file.toString());
      if (!content.data) {
        throw new Error('JSON file should have a data field with the introspection results');
      }
      setSchema(buildClientSchema(content.data));
      setSchemaLastFetchTime(Date.now());
      setSchemaFetchError(undefined);
      setSchemaIsFetching(false);
    } catch (err) {
      console.log('[graphql] ERROR: Failed to fetch schema', err);
      setSchemaFetchError({
        message: `Failed to fetch schema: ${err.message}`,
        response: null,
      });
      setSchemaIsFetching(false);
    }
  };

  const { variablesSyntaxError, activeReference, explorerVisible } = state;

  const variableTypes: Record<string, GraphQLNonNull<any>> = {};

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/ui/components/editors/body/graph-ql-editor.tsx:430 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ee414f73deb8bdd4. Report an issue: GitHub.