I think the two main reasons for the GraphQL hype are the ability to get a subset of fields in a standard way (there's no standard in REST, every API is slightly different) and easily write interfaces on multiple REST APIs exposing them as a singular GraphQL API.
I don't think REST is going anywhere, but neither is GraphQL. We'll have to live with both for many years :)
After all SOAP APIs are still around
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I think the two main reasons for the GraphQL hype are the ability to get a subset of fields in a standard way (there's no standard in REST, every API is slightly different) and easily write interfaces on multiple REST APIs exposing them as a singular GraphQL API.
I don't think REST is going anywhere, but neither is GraphQL. We'll have to live with both for many years :)
After all SOAP APIs are still around