Schema Design Patterns: Leveraging Existing REST APIs for Rapid GraphQL
summary
Shows how Apollo Connectors declaratively replace dozens of thin resolvers (claims deleting ~40 resolvers) by mapping REST shapes into GraphQL, demonstrated end-to-end against Stripe: paste JSON, autogenerate selection set, fix params to use Stripe’s starting_after cursor and get cursored pagination working in minutes. Shows developer tooling: connectors mapping playground, Rover/Rover Dev hot reload, connectors debugger, and an example composing DynamoDB + Lambda connects so price and product fields fetch in parallel. Batching via comma-separated ids prevents N+1.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Schema design with GraphQL
- 1:02Dream query concept
- 4:58Wrapping REST APIs with GraphQL
- 6:23Apollo connectors for REST
- 8:11Building connectors with mapping
- 16:36Live coding Stripe connector
- 20:07Testing connectors
- 21:52Debugging connectors
- 22:56Schema patterns for REST APIs
- 26:29Advanced multi-source patterns
- 28:37GraphQL for agents and MCP
- 29:19Q&A
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