Is there a way to give a type as input for a mutation, without using the input type in AppSync?

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I have a problem related to a Mutation/Subscription on AWS Appsync, using a local data source (i.e., a Data Source of type NONE). I need to feed the mutation with data defined as a type in the schema and it contains several fields (some other type inside it as well). Let's call it Profile

type Profile {
  id: ID
  name: String
  address: Address
  email: String
}

type Address {
  street: String
  number: String
  city: String
  zipcode: Int
}

Profile is already there in the schema as a type because it is used in a Subscription. In order to do so, following the AppSync rules, I should need to create an input and recreate all the fields from the original type, let's call it InputProfile.

input InputProfile {
  id: ID
  name: String
  address: InputAddress
  email: String
}

type InputAddress {
  street: String
  number: String
  city: String
  zipcode: Int
}

Now I do not want to merely duplicate all the fields and subfields from the original data Profile but I would like to just use it straight in some way. This comes from the need to not have duplicates (Profile and InputProfile) but to just have all the fields in one type. In that way it would easier to maintain and if any change arises, the modification could be done in the same point in the code rather than in two points, thus leading to possibile misalignments or mistakes.

In addition to this, please note that in order to achieve this result, it is also needed to duplicate any complex subfield (i.e. another type) in Profile with a corresponding input in InputProfile. As you could imagine, it leads to a useless amount of duplicates that should be avoided.

I also tried to feed the mutation directly with Profile but AppSync gives an error as it expects it to be an input.

Do you have any advice to overcome this problem and could you propose a more convenient and elegant solution?

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