> This. GraphQL is agnostic to the application layer, whereas REST is tied to HTTP. If anything it's the other way around really, HTTP is tied to REST, but eve

> This. GraphQL is agnostic to the application layer, whereas REST is tied to HTTP. If anything it's the other way around really, HTTP is tied to REST, but even that would be a misnomer. HTTP is an implementation of the architectural style REST, and undoubtedly the most popular in terms of application. There are others though, such as CoAP for example.