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For many apps, you can define a fixed schema when the application starts, and define it using GraphQL schema language. In some cases, it's useful to construct a schema programmatically. You can do this using the `GraphQLSchema` constructor.

When you are using the `GraphQLSchema` constructor to create a schema, instead of defining `Query` and `Mutation` types solely using schema language, you create them as separate object types using the `GraphQLObjectType` constructor.
When you are using the `GraphQLSchema` constructor to create a schema, instead of defining `Query` and `Mutation` types solely using schema language, you create them as separate object types.

For example, let's say we are building a simple API that lets you fetch user data for a few hardcoded users based on an id. Using `buildSchema` we could write a server with:

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