GraphQL – A Query Language for APIs
The basic need of most applications is to fetch data from the backend, which could be a database, a third-party application, NFS, etc. API interface is written to facilitate this.
GraphQL With Spring Boot
GraphQL: Core Features, Architecture, Pros, and Cons
When you talk about API design, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Representational State Transfer (REST). A standard for data retrieval from the server, it’s based on accessing data by URLs.
In 2000, when REST was developed, client applications were relatively simple, development pace wasn’t nearly where it is today, and, as a result, REST was a good fit for many applications. REST gave us important concepts for API design – stateless servers and structured access to resources. However, since that time APIs have gotten more complex and data-driven affected by the following factors: