Getting Graphql error while doing serverless deploy

Serverless Framework
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I am using serverless appsync plugin and deploying it to my aws account by following Part 03: AWS AppSync: Resolver Mapping Templates | Serverless Framework & AWS Amplify - YouTube.
I managed to get the initial resources deployed uisng cfn. however when deploying the graphql resources to create API, it is failing to save graphql schema.

error stack:

8c859063389c:backend jaydevn$ sls deploy
AppSync Plugin: GraphQl schema valid
Serverless: Packaging service...
Serverless: Uploading CloudFormation file to S3...
Serverless: Uploading artifacts...
Serverless: Validating template...
Serverless: Updating Stack...
Serverless: Checking Stack update progress...
.......................................
Serverless: Operation failed!
Serverless: View the full error output: https://eu-west-1.console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=eu-west-1#/stack/detail?stackId=arn%3Aaws%3Acloudformation%3Aeu-west-1%3A448567517997%3Astack%2Fserverless-appsync-backend-dev%2Fdfb8cb20-583a-11ec-b315-0a520f313c77
 
 Serverless Error ----------------------------------------
 
  An error occurred: GraphQlSchema - Schema Creation Status is FAILED with details: Internal Failure while saving the schema..

serverless.yml

service: serverless-appsync-backend
frameworkVersion: '2'

provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: nodejs12.x
  lambdaHashingVersion: 20201221
  stage: dev
  region: us-east-1

resources:
  Resources:
    ${file(resources.yml)}

plugins:
  - serverless-appsync-plugin

custom:
  appSync:
    name:  serverless-appsync-backend
    # apiKey # only required for update-appsync/delete-appsync
    # apiId # if provided, will update the specified API.
    authenticationType: AMAZON_COGNITO_USER_POOLS
    # if AMAZON_COGNITO_USER_POOLS
    userPoolConfig:
      awsRegion: us-east-1
      defaultAction: ALLOW
      userPoolId: !Ref cognitoUserPool
    
    mappingTemplatesLocation: mapping_templates
    mappingTemplates:
      - dataSource: booksTable
        type: Query
        field: getBookById
      - dataSource: booksTable
        type: Mutation
        field: createBook 
    dataSources:
      - type: AMAZON_DYNAMODB
        name: "booksTable"
        description: "books ddb table"
        config:
          tableName: !Ref booksTable

schema.graphql

schema {
  query: Query 
  mutation: Mutation
}

type Query {
  getBookById(bookId: ID!): Book!
  listBooks(limit: Int!, nextToken: String):BooksPage!
  myOrders(limit: Int!, nextToken: String): OrderItemsPage!
}

type OrderItemsPage {
  orderItems: [OrderItem]
  nextToken: String
}
type OrderItem{
  userId: ID!
  orderId: ID!
  book: Book!
  quantity: Int!
}

type BooksPage{
  books: [Book]
  nextToken: String
}

type Book{
  bookId: ID!
  title: String!
  description: String!
  imageUrl: AWSURL
  author: String!
  price: Float!
  createdAt: AWSDateTime!
  updatedAt: AWSDateTime!
}

type Mutation{
  createBook(newBook: BookInput): Book! @aws_auth(cognito_groups: ["admin"])
  createOrder(newOrder: OrderInput): Boolean!
}
type OrderInput{
  items: [OrderItemsInput]
}
type OrderItemsInput{
  bookId: ID!
  quantity: Int!
}
type BookInput{
  title: String!
  description: String!
  imageUrl: AWSURL
  author: String!
  price: Float!
}

I am unable to understand how should I resolve this. Thanks in advance!

2

tried redeploying in another region, updated node version, deleted teh stack completely and deploying a fresh one. still no help.

Where can I find the exact internal error/failure that is causing cloudformation step to fail?

3

I don’t know if you have already solved this, but today I had the same issue when mistakenly using inputs an types interchangeably. In your case I can notice OrderInput and BookInput are types and not inputs.
Also remember not to have an input be the field of a type or viceversa. That was my mistake and it was not noticed by the compiler (although I use amplify instead of serverless for this).

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