REST, or Representational State Transfer, is an architectural style for building web services that use HTTP requests to access and manipulate data. REST APIs are widely used and understood by developers, making it a popular choice for building web services. On the other hand, GraphQL is a query language for APIs that was developed by Facebook. It allows clients to specify the structure of the data that they require and receives the exact data that they request.
Let's take a closer look at some of the pros and cons of using GraphQL and REST.