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graphqlaws-appsynchasura
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JS_Dev

Reputation: 527

GraphQL replace Restful API or work with it?

So I gather GraphQL is a layer which sits in front of your RESTful API and can condense multiple requests down into one. Do you always have to go through a REST API, or can GraphQL talk directly with your MongoDB instead? Or it that what things like AWS Appsync and Hasura do, in that they use GraphQL and talk directly to a DB?

Thank in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 195

Answers (1)

Chriseyre2000
Chriseyre2000

Reputation: 2053

It can do either.

https://github.com/Soluto/graphql-to-mongodb

Appsync is a general purpose plugin framework so will need other API's to consume.

Here is a talk given this week about GraphQL vs REST:

https://github.com/MiyamotoAkira/grapqhl-presentation-round1

Upvotes: 1

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