The problem with REST APIs

{
  "username": "IAmKale",
  "password": "plaintextpassword",
  "lastLogin": "2019-01-24T12:35:49.543Z"
  ...

return axios.get(`${API_URL}/users/1234/`).then((user) =>
  axios.get(`${API_URL}/profile/${user.data.profileId}/`)
    .then((profile) => ({
      ...user,
      profileData: profile.data,
    });
  );

What is GraphQL?

REST < GraphQL?

Live Demo

GraphQL - Pros

• Serve data from many APIs as a single GraphQL API
• Reduce multiple requests into a single request
• Empower clients to request exactly the data they need now, and additional data later

GraphQL - Cons

• Adds more complexity to the backend
• Caching is tricky
• Requires additional considerations for things like request depth

References

• https://graphql.org/learn/
• https://www.apollographql.com/docs/react/
• https://graphene-python.org/

Thank you!

Questions? Comments?