GraphQL is an API standard that provides a more efficient, powerful and flexible alternative to REST. It was created by Facebook in 2012 and was open-sourced in 2015 and is now maintained by a large community of companies and individuals from all over the world. GraphQL is just a specification, meaning it’s just a set of rules defined in a document.
GraphQL is a query language designed to build client applications by providing an intuitive and flexible syntax and system for describing their data requirements and interactions. It’s been in production use in Facebook’s native apps for several years.
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.
At its core, GraphQL enables declarative data fetching where a client can…
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