# Performing a GraphQL query inside the htmlSerializer
**URL:** https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697
**Category:** Developing with Prismic
**Tags:** gatsby
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697 "2021-08-20T16:43:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tudor2004](https://community.prismic.io/u/tudor2004)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697/1 "2021-08-20T16:43:57Z")
For my website I would like to replace in all rich text contents some abbreviations with a `%abbrevation%` structure.
For this I was thinking of using the `htmlSerializer` function.
The problem is now that the list of abbreviations is pretty big (about 200) and needs to also be maintained on prismic, in a designated content type.
How can I perform a GraphQL query inside the htmlSerializer function also with thinking about performance and build speed.
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### Author:  [@Phil](https://community.prismic.io/u/Phil)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697/5 "2021-08-26T13:15:30Z")
Hi Tudor,
Unfortunately, it's not possible to do queries inside the HTMLSerializer as it is never called as an async function.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.prismic.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697/6 "2021-09-02T16:22:54Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.prismic.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/performing-a-graphql-query-inside-the-htmlserializer/6697/7 "2021-12-09T17:24:29Z")