Living APIs and the Case for GraphQL

Re:Living APIs and the Case for GraphQL by hnaccy on Friday June 08, 2018 @09:18PM (#17270979)

How does the backend ensure complex queries are efficient and that the client can't make a costly query without realizing it?

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Re:Living APIs and the Case for GraphQL by masklinn on Saturday June 09, 2018 @07:02AM (#17272437)

graphql does not provide for more complex queries than a regular RPC, the API designers decides specifically what they want to provide at each level.

What they do is coalesce all those separate queries into one, and actually allow for sub-query optimisations if you feel like it.

So the answer is that it does not, any more than e.g. grpc does not.

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Re:Living APIs and the Case for GraphQL by alter_eco123 on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:03PM (#17271107)

Good question!

I'm guessing typical implementations would involve a lot of caching.

It would be nice to hear about people's experiences though.

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