Working with Drafts

Drafts are a way to manage ideas not yet ready for a post, collaborate with teammates, or stage content for reuse. They support titles, statuses, due dates, user assignment, and media attachments.

Available fields

A draft exposes the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`id`	ID	Unique identifier
`title`	String	Optional title (max 100 characters)
`message`	String	The draft's text content
`status`	DraftStatus	Workflow status: `none`, `in_progress`, `paused`, `done`, `archived`
`assignedUser`	User	Relation to the assigned user. Select sub-fields (e.g. `{ id first_name last_name }`). The scalar `assigned_user_id` is only an input argument on `draftCreate` / `draftUpdate`, not a selectable field.
`due_date`	Date	Optional due date used for sorting
`workspace_id`	ID	The workspace the draft belongs to
`attachments`	[Attachment]	Media attachments associated with this draft
`createdBy`	User	Relation to the user who created the draft. Select sub-fields.
`updated_at`	DateTime	ISO 8601 last-modified timestamp

Only workspace_id is required. All other fields are optional. Attachments can also be provided on create - the input format is the same as for draftUpdate ( see Handling attachments below), minus the " existing-by-id" mode.

mutation draftCreate {
  draftCreate(
    workspace_id: <WORKSPACE_ID>
    title: "Q3 campaign copy"
    message: "Here's the draft text for our next campaign."
    status: in_progress
    assigned_user_id: <USER_ID>
    due_date: "2025-06-01"
  ) {
    id
    title
    message
    status
    assignedUser {
      id
      first_name
      last_name
    }
    due_date
  }
}

Update

All fields are optional. Only the fields you provide will be changed.

mutation draftUpdate {
  draftUpdate(
    id: <DRAFT_ID>
    title: "Q3 campaign copy - revised"
    message: "Updated draft text."
    status: done
    assigned_user_id: <USER_ID>
    due_date: "2025-06-15"
  ) {
    id
    title
    message
    status
    assignedUser {
      id
      first_name
      last_name
    }
    due_date
    updated_at
  }
}

Draft statuses

The status field reflects the draft's position in your team's workflow. The supported values are:

Status	Description
`none`	No status set (default)
`in_progress`	Actively being worked on
`paused`	Work temporarily stopped
`done`	Ready for review or publishing
`archived`	Soft-removed; no longer active

Handling attachments

Drafts support media attachments. The attachment handling for draftUpdate follows specific rules that differ from posts:

Passing null (or omitting the attachments field entirely) leaves existing attachments untouched.
Passing an empty array [] removes all attachments.
Passing a list is treated as authoritative: any existing attachment not included in the list will be deleted.

There are two modes for items in the list:

Mode	Required fields	Notes
New attachment	`category`, `source_uploaded`	Adds a new attachment
Existing attachment	`id` only	Keeps it in place; `category` and `source_uploaded` are not accepted and will cause an error

Adding an attachment to a draft

mutation draftAddAttachment {
  draftUpdate(
    id: <DRAFT_ID>
    attachments: [
      {
        category: photo
        source_uploaded: "<PUBLIC_URL_TO_IMAGE>"
      }
    ]
  ) {
    id
    attachments {
      id
      source_uploaded
    }
  }
}

Keeping existing attachments while adding a new one

Fetch the current attachment IDs first, then pass them alongside the new item. Omitting an existing attachment will delete it.

mutation draftAddSecondAttachment {
  draftUpdate(
    id: <DRAFT_ID>
    attachments: [
      { id: <EXISTING_ATTACHMENT_ID> }   # kept as-is
      {
        category: photo
        source_uploaded: "<PUBLIC_URL_TO_NEW_IMAGE>"
      }
    ]
  ) {
    id
    attachments {
      id
      source_uploaded
    }
  }
}

Removing all attachments

mutation draftRemoveAttachments {
  draftUpdate(
    id: <DRAFT_ID>
    attachments: []
  ) {
    id
    attachments {
      id
    }
  }
}

Finding a user ID for assignment

The assigned_user_id field requires a user ID, which is not visible in the Swat.io UI. Use the me query to retrieve the ID of the currently authenticated user:

query whoAmI {
  me {
    id
    email
    first_name
    last_name
  }
}

For a full example including curl, see User ID in the API overview.

List

Returns up to 50 drafts per call, sorted by last-updated descending.

query draftList {
  draftList(workspace_id: <WORKSPACE_ID>) {
    drafts {
      id
      message
      updated_at
    }
    pagination {
      after
    }
  }
}

Filtering and sorting drafts

draftList accepts the following optional arguments in addition to workspace_id:

Argument	Type	Notes
`status`	DraftStatus	Filter by workflow status.
`assigned_to_me`	Boolean	Only drafts assigned to the authenticated user.
`date_from`	Date	Only drafts with a `due_date` from this date on. Must be used together with `date_to`.
`date_to`	Date	Only drafts with a `due_date` up to this date. Must be used together with `date_from`.
`search_term`	String	Full-text search in the draft's `title`.
`sort`	DraftSortEnum	Sort by `updated_at` (default) or `due_date`.
`order`	SortOrderEnum	Sort direction. Defaults to `desc`.

Paginating through drafts

Use the pagination.after token from the previous response to fetch the next page. Pass the same workspace_id each time.

query draftListNextPage {
  draftList(
    workspace_id: <WORKSPACE_ID>
    after: "<AFTER_TOKEN>"
  ) {
    drafts {
      id
      message
    }
    pagination {
      after
    }
  }
}

When pagination.after is null, you have reached the last page.

Delete

mutation draftDelete {
  draftDelete(id: <DRAFT_ID>)
}

Converting a draft into a post

Drafts have no direct "publish" mutation - the intended workflow is to read the draft content and then create a post from it using postCreate. The draft is not automatically deleted and can be reused.

# Step 1 - fetch the draft content
query getDraft {
  draftList(workspace_id: <WORKSPACE_ID>) {
    drafts {
      id
      message
    }
  }
}

# Step 2 - create a post using the draft's message
mutation postFromDraft {
  postCreate(
    post: {
      category: text
      channel_id: "<CHANNEL_ID>"
      publication_at: "2024-04-16T14:00:00+02:00"
      message: "<MESSAGE FROM DRAFT>"
      status: suggested
    }
  ) {
    id
    status
  }
}

# Step 3 - optionally delete the draft once the post is created
mutation draftCleanup {
  draftDelete(id: <DRAFT_ID>)
}