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Re:Ask HN: Were you happy moving your API from REST to GraphQL? by krainboltgreene on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:20PM (#17580535)
> With a standard REST interface

There's no such thing.

> you have to name all such combinations in advance.

No you don't.

> Possibly build custom code for each.

As much as any other API.

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Re:Ask HN: Were you happy moving your API from REST to GraphQL? by imauld on Sunday July 22, 2018 @12:54PM (#17587655)
There is a "standard" REST interface described in the paper on REST. There are a lot of rules/guidelines for a RESTful API but many API's don't follow them and tend to be a mix of REST and JSON RPC.
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