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Yeah, I’m not sure why they need to justify REST APIs in 2023?
by yunohn 4y ago
Yeah, I’m not sure why they need to justify REST APIs in 2023?
- citrin_ru 4y agoProbably to prevent readers asking questions like ‘why not gRPC’.
- yunohn 4y agoFair enough, I’m surprised no one has asked about GraphQL yet.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoGraphQL is REST (normal POST against /graphql usually). It’s just a grammar by which you retrieve information.
- presentation 4y agoDepending on your definition of REST I guess, what you describe is just saying GraphQL works over HTTP, but I certainly wouldn’t call it RESTful in the slightest.
- yunohn 4y agoGraphQL is an entire API definition. Yes, it’s available at a specific POST endpoint - but that does not make it RESTful.
- tylerhannan 4y agoHaving also spent time at a GraphQL company, I keep expecting this question too ;) But, as of yet, it has not come up.