It is a query language in that one can select the fields one wishes to be returned, including conditional evaluation of interior clauses via e.g. https://spec.g

It is a query language in that one can select the fields one wishes to be returned, including conditional evaluation of interior clauses via e.g. https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/#sec--skip https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/#sec--skip The field selection is certainly possible in REST via something like /foo?include=a,b,c but starts to get just downright silly with /foo?include=a,b.c[1].d,e[*].f which has now become its own DSL