GraphQL

GraphQL Advantages

• prevents over-fetching and under-fetching of data by allowing you to tailor queries and mutations to get only the fields and relations you need
• provides more flexibility and consistency in accessing data from any resource with a single query, as well as combining data from different sources
• Once the schema is defined, frontend and backend teams can work independently from one another

When to Use GraphQL

• limited bandwidth (e.g. mobile)
• Multiple data sources and you want to combine them with one endpoint

When to use REST

• You have smaller applications with less complex data
• You have data and operations that all clients use similarly
• You have no requirements for complex data querying

Sources

• https://www.linkedin.com/advice/1/what-advantages-disadvantages-using-graphql
• https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-graphql-and-rest/