Add custom implementation for Bytes to be returned as string

pkg/graphql/graphql.go

@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) AllEthHeaderCids(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 			txRoot:      headerCID.TxRoot,
 			receiptRoot: headerCID.RctRoot,
 			uncleRoot:   headerCID.UncleRoot,
-			bloom:       hexutil.Bytes(headerCID.Bloom).String(),
+			bloom:       Bytes(headerCID.Bloom).String(),
 		}
 
 		txCIDs := allTxCIDs[idx]
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) AllEthHeaderCids(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 
 		ethHeaderCidNode.ipfsBlock = IPFSBlock{
 			key:  headerIPLDs[idx].Key,
-			data: hexutil.Bytes(headerIPLDs[idx].Data).String(),
+			data: Bytes(headerIPLDs[idx].Data).String(),
 		}
 
 		resultNodes = append(resultNodes, &ethHeaderCidNode)
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) EthTransactionCidByTxHash(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 		dst:    txCID.Dst,
 		ipfsBlock: IPFSBlock{
 			key:  txIPLDs[0].Key,
-			data: hexutil.Bytes(txIPLDs[0].Data).String(),
+			data: Bytes(txIPLDs[0].Data).String(),
 		},
 	}, nil
 }

pkg/graphql/types.go

@@ -17,12 +17,40 @@
 package graphql
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 )
 
+// Bytes marshals as a JSON string with \x prefix.
+// The empty slice marshals as "\x".
+type Bytes []byte
+
+// MarshalText implements encoding.TextMarshaler
+func (b Bytes) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	result := make([]byte, len(b)*2+2)
+	copy(result, `\x`)
+	hex.Encode(result[2:], b)
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// String returns the hex encoding of b.
+func (b Bytes) String() string {
+	return b.encode()
+}
+
+// Encode encodes b as a hex string with "\x" prefix.
+// This is to make the output to be the same as given by postgraphile.
+// graphql-go prepends another "\" to the output resulting in prefix "\\x".
+func (b Bytes) encode() string {
+	result := make([]byte, len(b)*2+2)
+	copy(result, `\x`)
+	hex.Encode(result[2:], b)
+	return string(result)
+}
+
 type BigInt big.Int
 
 // ToInt converts b to a big.Int.