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0 pointshansonkd1y ago0 comments

This is Wrong.

GraphQL only exposes what you ask it to. There are plenty of pagination plugins for GraphQL frameworks just as there are plugins to REST framework.

GraphQL can be restrictive as REST if you want it to be.

The point is GraphQL can be "as restrictive" as REST, but if you want to enable more efficient queries by knowing all the data that the frontend is requesting, you can. But the opposite isn't true of REST. With REST if you want more advanced functionality like that you have to define your own specification.

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BiteCode_dev1y ago

But then what's the point of using it if it's to get the limitation of REST?

You get something more complex, more expensive to maintain, consuming more resources, and configure it to basically be REST with extra steps.

hansonkdOP1y ago

> more complex, more expensive to maintain, consuming more resources,

Idk. Strawberry GQL and most GQL libraries are maybe equally as complex as the REST libraries for the same language. Strawberry and FastAPI I would say are equal in complexity and configuration.

It would be hard for me to say GQL is more expensive or consumes more resources. Opposite of the purpose and most uses of GQL.

BiteCode_dev1y ago

In stawberry you make a method per field you want to retrieve, I would say it is indeed more complex and costly.

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BiteCode_dev1y ago

But then what's the point of using it if it's to get the limitation of REST?

You get something more complex, more expensive to maintain, consuming more resources, and configure it to basically be REST with extra steps.

hansonkdOP1y ago

> more complex, more expensive to maintain, consuming more resources,

Idk. Strawberry GQL and most GQL libraries are maybe equally as complex as the REST libraries for the same language. Strawberry and FastAPI I would say are equal in complexity and configuration.

It would be hard for me to say GQL is more expensive or consumes more resources. Opposite of the purpose and most uses of GQL.

BiteCode_dev1y ago

In stawberry you make a method per field you want to retrieve, I would say it is indeed more complex and costly.

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