GraphQL Without a Database
summary
Shows how to wrap existing REST/OpenAPI endpoints into a single GraphQL endpoint using Node.js and TypeScript with Apollo Server and Apollo Client. Describes an automated translator that converts OpenAPI/REST definitions into a GraphQL schema and generates resolvers wired to the REST endpoints, demos nested queries and pagination, and discusses cache and performance tradeoffs while noting this avoids rewriting controllers or touching databases.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00GraphQL without DB
- 2:15DBs vs GraphQL
- 6:07GraphQL server impls
- 9:00Schemas without DB
- 12:13Resolvers and queries
- 15:03Simplifying GraphQL
- 17:32Customizing servers
- 19:16Querying categories
- 20:43Final thoughts
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