diff --git a/examples/call-graphql.go b/examples/call-graphql.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func jsonPrettyPrint(in []byte) string {
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	err := json.Indent(&out, in, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return string(in)
+	}
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+var HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADDRESS = os.Getenv("HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADDRESS")
+var HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET = os.Getenv("HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET")
+
+type GraphqlQuery struct {
+	Data interface{}
+}
+
+var client = &http.Client{Transport: http.DefaultTransport}
+
+func hasura(query string, variables interface{}, data interface{}) (err error) {
+	variablesBytes, err := json.Marshal(variables)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	v := string(variablesBytes)
+	requestBody := []byte(`{"query":"` + query + `","variables":` + v + `}`)
+	requestBytes := bytes.NewBuffer(requestBody)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADDRESS, requestBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Add("X-Hasura-Admin-Secret", HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET)
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// loggin the answer for debugging purposes
+	fmt.Println(jsonPrettyPrint(b))
+
+	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 299 {
+		return errors.New(http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
+	}
+
+	gqlQuery := GraphqlQuery{Data: data}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &gqlQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+type User struct {
+	GithubLogin string
+}
+
+const userQuery = `
+query {
+	user {
+		githubLogin
+	}
+}`
+
+func getUsers() (users []User, err error) {
+	var data map[string][]User
+	err = hasura(userQuery, nil, &data)
+	return data["user"], err
+}
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(getUsers())
+}
+
+// HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET=VERYVERYSECRET HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADDRESS=http://localhost/graphql-engine/v1alpha1/graphql go run call-graphql.go