diff --git a/aws-app-sync/pom.xml b/aws-app-sync/pom.xml
index af02307e66..d30cfc96a4 100644
--- a/aws-app-sync/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-app-sync/pom.xml
@@ -8,17 +8,26 @@
 		<version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
+
 	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>aws-app-sync</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>aws-app-sync</name>
-	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot using AWS App Sync</description>
+
+	<description>Spring Boot using AWS App Sync</description>
 
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+			<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-appsync</artifactId>
+			<version>1.11.762</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -35,6 +44,10 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/aws-app-sync/src/main/resources/application.properties b/aws-app-sync/src/main/resources/application.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789179..0000000000
--- a/aws-app-sync/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java b/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java
index 7b82393865..15bcc6e9c9 100644
--- a/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java
+++ b/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java
@@ -1,13 +1,99 @@
 package com.baeldung.awsappsync;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 @SpringBootTest
 class AwsAppSyncApplicationTests {
 
-	@Test
-	void contextLoads() {
+	static String apiUrl = "https://m4i3b6icrrb7livfbypfspiifi.appsync-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com";
+	static String apiKey = "da2-es2s6oj4mzhbxk5yu26ss2ruj4";
+	static String API_KEY_HEADER = "x-api-key";
+
+	static WebClient.RequestBodySpec requestBodySpec;
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	static void setUp() {
+		requestBodySpec = WebClient
+				.builder()
+				.baseUrl(apiUrl)
+				.defaultHeader(API_KEY_HEADER, apiKey)
+				.build()
+				.method(HttpMethod.POST)
+				.uri("/graphql");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testGraphQuery() {
+
+		Map<String, Object> requestBody = new HashMap<>();
+		requestBody.put("query", "query ListEvents {\n" +
+				"  listEvents {\n" +
+				"    items {\n" +
+				"      id\n" +
+				"      name\n" +
+				"      where\n" +
+				"      when\n" +
+				"      description\n" +
+				"    }\n" +
+				"  }\n" +
+				"}");
+		requestBody.put("variables", "");
+		requestBody.put("operationName", "ListEvents");
+
+		WebClient.ResponseSpec response = requestBodySpec
+				.body(BodyInserters.fromValue(requestBody))
+				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+				.acceptCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+				.retrieve();
+
+		String bodyString = response.bodyToMono(String.class).block();
+
+		assertTrue(bodyString != null && bodyString.contains("My First Event"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void testGraphAdd() {
+
+		String queryString = "mutation add {\n" +
+				"    createEvent(\n" +
+				"        name:\"My added GraphQL event\"\n" +
+				"        where:\"Day 2\"\n" +
+				"        when:\"Saturday night\"\n" +
+				"        description:\"Studying GraphQL\"\n" +
+				"    ){\n" +
+				"        id\n" +
+				"        name\n" +
+				"        where\n" +
+				"        when\n" +
+				"        description\n" +
+				"    }\n" +
+				"}";
+
+
+		Map<String, Object> requestBody = new HashMap<>();
+		requestBody.put("query", queryString);
+		requestBody.put("variables", "");
+		requestBody.put("operationName", "add");
+
+		WebClient.ResponseSpec response = requestBodySpec
+				.body(BodyInserters.fromValue(requestBody))
+				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+				.acceptCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+				.retrieve();
+
+		String bodyString = response.bodyToMono(String.class).block();
+		assertTrue(bodyString != null && bodyString.contains("Day 2"));
+	}
 }