GraphQL vs. REST, A Shallow Dive

From Alex Xu at ByteByteGo

Alex Xu at ByteByteGo recently published “What is GraphQL? Is it a replacement for the REST API?”.

Here’s the brief overview.

• GraphQL is a query language for APIs developed by Meta. It provides a complete description of the data in the API and gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need.

• GraphQL servers sit in between the client and the backend services.

• GraphQL can aggregate multiple REST requests into one query. GraphQL server organizes the resources in a graph.

• GraphQL supports queries, mutations (applying data modifications to resources), and subscriptions (receiving notifications on schema modifications).

To read the full article, do vist here.

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Thanks. Unsurprisingly, this article was not written by me but Alex Xu at ByteByteGo .