# Can't get data to appear in GraphQL api // Neo4J using seedDb

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/cant-get-data-to-appear-in-graphql-api-neo4j-using-seeddb/18058>\
**Category:** GraphQL & GRANDstack\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cant-get-data-to-appear-in-graphql-api-neo4j-using-seeddb/18058 "2020-05-04T07:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![kasperknudz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kasperknudz/32/4545_2.png) [@kasperknudz](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kasperknudz)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cant-get-data-to-appear-in-graphql-api-neo4j-using-seeddb/18058/1 "2020-05-04T07:37:21Z")

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Hi.

I've got the GRANDstack starter up and running with all dependencies installed and the env files with passwords etc should be correct. The problem is when running npm start seedDb I still can't get it to show any data writing queries in [http://localhost:4001/graphql](http://localhost:4001/graphql) (shows empty arrays, writing stuff like:  
{  
User(name: "Will") {  
name  
id  
}  
}  
Also could'nt get any data in my Neo4j desktop instance..  
Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![jgedmondson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jgedmondson/32/5671_2.png) [@jgedmondson](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jgedmondson)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cant-get-data-to-appear-in-graphql-api-neo4j-using-seeddb/18058/2 "2020-05-04T21:52:22Z")

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When I successfully run seedDb I get console output that indicates the data has been added successfully.  
Are you seeing anything in the console that indicates the data is being added to Neo4j?  
I see output like below when seedDb runs successfully:

```auto
james@james-3780:~/Grandstack Projects/grand-stack-starter-master/api$ npm run seedDb
> grand-stack-starter-api@0.0.1 seedDb /home/james/Grandstack Projects/grand-stack-starter-master/api
> babel-node src/seed/seed-db.js

{
  data: {
    movie1: { title: 'First Movie Title', year: 1998, __typename: 'Movie' },
    user1: { userId: 'user1', name: 'Gumby', __typename: 'User' }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![jgedmondson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jgedmondson/32/5671_2.png) [@jgedmondson](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jgedmondson)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/cant-get-data-to-appear-in-graphql-api-neo4j-using-seeddb/18058/3 "2020-05-04T22:15:19Z")

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Should probably mention my example is based on these mutations:

```auto
    movie1: CreateMovie (
      title: "First Movie Title"
      year: 1998
    ) {
      title
      year
    }
    user1: CreateUser (
      userId: "user1"
      name: "Gumby"
    ) {
      userId
      name
    }

```