The open source query language GraphQL is the future of APIs, but getting it to hum (and hum at scale) takes some strategizing. Here’s what we’ve learned.

“The benefit of GraphQL over REST is extremely real, and people who are championing for GraphQL have been leaders in the industry for 10 to 20 years,” said Gopal. “GraphQL is going through a ...

“The main advantage of GraphQL over REST is that it separates the data from the protocol and allows the API client to specify what data should be returned on a given API call,” said Jeff ...

When we ask the SpaceX REST API for the land pad data, the size of the JSON array returned is 8.18 KB. Remember, the REST API has to return all the fields, all the time. The efficiency GraphQL ...

By supporting both REST and GraphQL APIs, Data API builder can help migrate between API types, allowing you to continue using familiar queries at the same time as you learn how to structure GraphQL.

Apollo GraphQL, the graph-based API orchestration company, today announced the general availability of Apollo Connectors for REST APIs and new GraphOS platform enhancements – giving enterprises ...

“What we found over our six-plus years working with developers implementing GraphQL at scale is that its flexibility is its greatest strength, but it can also lead to some negative consequences ...

GraphQL is a query language mostly used to streamline access to REST APIs. Now, a new breed of GraphQL implementations wants to build an abstraction layer for any database on top of GraphQL, and ...

With the new capabilities in Stargate’s GraphQL API, DataStax is bridging the gap between database choice and rapid implementation so developers can benefit from the powerful Apache Cassandra ...

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network’s API series written by Shahar Binyamin, CEO and co-founder at Inigo, a GraphQL security and management platform. Binyamin writes ...