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Re:GraphQL kinda sucks by krainboltgreene on Sunday August 07, 2022 @12:34AM (#32373931)
> Sure, you could have a syntax for requesting (potentially recursive) nested resources in the query string of a REST API

Or you could just make an endpoint that gives you the data you want.

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Re:GraphQL kinda sucks by imtringued on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:48AM (#32374950)
That endpoint has to be unique for the client, otherwise someone else could abuse this API and when you filter out an attribute the rogue user depends on, you break their application.
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Re:GraphQL kinda sucks by krainboltgreene on Sunday August 07, 2022 @03:53PM (#32379289)
No it doesn't. It's just a GET request with a parameter or two. People make this stuff so hard when it doesn't need to be.
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