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Beertjie

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From: South Africa

Registered: 2018-09-09

Posts: 14

GraphQL?

Are there any plans for GraphQL support in the future?

ab

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From: France

Registered: 2010-06-21

Posts: 14,237

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Re: GraphQL?

I made some investigations some years ago, and find it interesting, but difficult to implement properly.
Worth viewing to find out more about the scope needed to implement a GraphQL server is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY48GW87Feo

What I think for is to offer a new way 3rd of defining services, in addition to the existing 2:
1. Method-based services (low-level, REST-like)
2. Interface-based services (RPC-like)
3. Class-based services (GraphQL-like)

In fact, we may implement a GraphQL server using a set of dedicated classes.
Published properties and getter methods may be used to define the type system, and lazy call the application/ORM layer.

Any input/feedback is welcome!

edwinsn

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Registered: 2010-07-02

Posts: 1,215

Re: GraphQL?

I guess implementing a GraphGL server would be very complex. The wikipedia page says GraphGL is not suitable for simple API.

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