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@startDocuBlock PostApiQueryProperties
@brief parse an AQL query and return information about it
@RESTHEADER{POST /_api/query, Parse an AQL query, parseQuery}
@RESTDESCRIPTION
This endpoint is for query validation only. To actually query the database,
see `/api/cursor`.
@RESTBODYPARAM{query,string,required,string}
To validate a query string without executing it, the query string can be
passed to the server via an HTTP POST request.
@RESTRETURNCODES
@RESTRETURNCODE{200}
If the query is valid, the server will respond with *HTTP 200* and
return the names of the bind parameters it found in the query (if any) in
the *bindVars* attribute of the response. It will also return an array
of the collections used in the query in the *collections* attribute.
If a query can be parsed successfully, the *ast* attribute of the returned
JSON will contain the abstract syntax tree representation of the query.
The format of the *ast* is subject to change in future versions of
ArangoDB, but it can be used to inspect how ArangoDB interprets a given
query. Note that the abstract syntax tree will be returned without any
optimizations applied to it.
@RESTRETURNCODE{400}
The server will respond with *HTTP 400* in case of a malformed request,
or if the query contains a parse error. The body of the response will
contain the error details embedded in a JSON object.
@EXAMPLES
a valid query
@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestQueryValid}
var url = "/_api/query";
var body = '{ "query" : "FOR i IN 1..100 FILTER i > 10 LIMIT 2 RETURN i * 3" }';
var response = logCurlRequest('POST', url, body);
assert(response.code === 200);
logJsonResponse(response);
@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN
an invalid query
@EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN{RestQueryInvalid}
var url = "/_api/query";
var body = '{ "query" : "FOR i IN 1..100 FILTER i = 1 LIMIT 2 RETURN i * 3" }';
var response = logCurlRequest('POST', url, body);
assert(response.code === 400);
logJsonResponse(response);
@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_RUN
@endDocuBlock