How to seed certain data into appsync backed tables ?

[BBopanna]

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JavaScript Framework

React

Amplify APIs

GraphQL API

Amplify Categories

auth, storage, api, hosting

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Describe the bug

We have a requirement that when we add a new amplify env we want certain data also known as seedData to be present in certains tables.

Example : Zipcode model backed table should have certain data when a new env is created or added - How can we achieve this without explicitly a cognito user creating it?

We could like for this data to be available for every new amplify env added begining with the dev env that amplify init creates

How can this be achieved ?

Expected behavior

Be able to seed default data into appsync model backed tables.

Reproduction steps

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[chrisbonifacio]

Hi @BBopanna 👋 thanks for raising this issue. Unfortunately, this is not currently supported or available as a feature. The only seeding capabilities we currently offer are via Amplify Studio. However, this does not automatically happen on new environment creation and requires that DataStore be enabled on the GraphQL API. Unless you have offline data requirements, that may not be what you want or need.

For more information on that: https://docs.amplify.aws/console/tutorial/data/#create-data-model

I have labeled this as a feature request and made the data team aware of it for future consideration.