"A query language for your API
GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.
Ask for what you need,
get exactly that
Send a GraphQL query to your API and get exactly what you need, nothing more and nothing less. GraphQL queries always return predictable results. Apps using GraphQL are fast and stable because they control the data they get, not the server."
Thanks for the reply Carl. I've heard a lot of good things about Graph QL, but didn't feel I had enough experience with the tech to include a worthwhile argument. I imagine the downsides are very similar to REST and gRPC though (explicit endpoints...)
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Why not use GraphQL? From graphql.com :-
"A query language for your API
GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.
Ask for what you need,
get exactly that
Send a GraphQL query to your API and get exactly what you need, nothing more and nothing less. GraphQL queries always return predictable results. Apps using GraphQL are fast and stable because they control the data they get, not the server."
Thanks for the reply Carl. I've heard a lot of good things about Graph QL, but didn't feel I had enough experience with the tech to include a worthwhile argument. I imagine the downsides are very similar to REST and gRPC though (explicit endpoints...)