GraphQL
The query language for modern APIs
GraphQL is an open-source query language for APIs and a server-side runtime that lets clients request exactly the data they need. It provides a strongly-typed schema system, enabling predictable responses, self-documenting APIs, and efficient data fetching. Originally developed by Facebook and open-sourced in 2015, it is now governed by the GraphQL Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
Clients send declarative queries specifying exactly the fields they need, and the GraphQL runtime resolves them against a typed schema backed by any data source.
frontend and backend developers building APIs
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- The GraphQL Foundation
- Launched
- 2015
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