GraphQL is now available on Supabase

Re:GraphQL is now available on Supabase by alexkreidler on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @06:37PM (#30849242)

Hi all, this sounds very cool. How does pg_graphql compare to Postgraphile? https://github.com/graphile/postgraphile (besides I guess running in the DB with PLpgSQL instead of as a NodeJS server)

Did you think about integrating Postgraphile with the Supabase ecosystem or have specific limitations with it?

Thanks!

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Re:GraphQL is now available on Supabase by oliverrice on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @06:54AM (#30853527)

> How does pg_graphql compare to Postgraphile?

PostGraphile is very close to pg_graphql in goals. It was a big help during development to be able to reference their implementation.

> Did you think about integrating Postgraphile with the Supabase ecosystem..?

For sure! We wrote a blog post about why we chose to implement the reflection engine as a Postgres extension here https://supabase.com/blog/2021/12/03/pg-graphql w/ a direct comparison against Postgraphile and Hasura.

The summary is that we tried out Graphile and Hasura and found that they were both very workable options. We had a few other requirements that led us to the extension instead:

- An extremely minimal memory footprint

- Performance scales with the DB

- 100% security and visibility interop with PostgREST (powers Supabase REST API)

The blog post's "motivation" has some more specifics if you're interested!

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