A weekly newsletter of the best news, articles and projects about GraphQL

Learn how Apollo Connectors simplify API orchestration by identifying and connecting entities in REST APIs. Practical examples show patterns for efficient GraphQL-REST integration without writing BFF code.

Learn the secrets of crafting winning conference proposals from Donna Zhou, a GraphQL Java maintainer. Her step-by-step guide shares proven strategies and a real proposal example from GraphQLConf 2023.

The Technical Steering Committee welcomes Martin Bonnin (Apollo) and Pascal Senn (ChilliCream) as new members, alongside the re-election of Kewei Qu (Meta), Rob Richard (1stDibs), and Uri Goldshtein (The Guild).

Join Apollo’s CTO and Head of Developer Relations on February 19th for an exclusive look at Apollo’s new and advanced innovations. Through interactive learnings and demos, you’ll learn how your team can leverage these groundbreaking features to transform hours of API orchestration work into just minutes, while advancing development speed, execution quality and API fidelity.

Seven reasons why you should generate your client types based on your query documents—not your schema.

JUCR Co-founder and CTO Max Grollmann shares his take on how embracing GraphQL and Apollo GraphQL's tools has helped him improve latency, efficiency, and the overall user experience that has set a new industry standard for creating a scalable framework in the growing EV market

Learn how to set up GraphQL APIs with built-in query generation, relationship management, and flexible filtering in this comprehensive guide

GraphQL servers must support the new application/graphql-response+json content type. This seemingly small update solves a long-standing pain point in error handling, allowing clearer distinction between GraphQL and non-GraphQL server responses. Learn why this matters for your production apps and how it puts an end to the "everything is 200 OK" memes.

Marc-Andre Giroux shares practical insights on when to share types and when to duplicate them, challenging common GraphQL schema design patterns with real-world examples.

An interview with Pete Crocker from OpsMill breaks down why companies are moving from REST to GraphQL, covering real-world advantages, key technical differences, and ideal use cases for modern API development.

Gato GraphQL now allows sending structure data in our prompts to ChatGPT. This is useful to have ChatGPT process multiple pieces of data from the DB at once, such as when translating content.

Hasura is excited to announce that Hasura Data Delivery Network (DDN) now offers GraphQL subscriptions, making it easy for developers to build real-time features into their applications. Simply connect to your data sources to instantly provision an API with default GraphQL subscriptions enabled on all models. Or, explicitly subscribe to specific models via metadata configuration. With GraphQL subscriptions in Hasura DDN, access control permissions are also automatically applied to subscribed changes.

Learn from one developer's journey transitioning from REST APIs to GraphQL, with insights on handling complex, interrelated data in modern applications.

Discover essential tools and techniques for detecting GraphQL injection vulnerabilities in modern APIs.

Making data-driven decisions for evolving your enterprise’s graphs, via field usage metrics.

Learn to combine CoinGecko API with GraphQL for precise, efficient cryptocurrency data retrieval. A must-read guide for devs looking to streamline their crypto data management.

Dive into how Coinbase's engineering team tackles performance at scale through smart request patterns, load management, and system guardrails. Their latest blog breaks down practical strategies for building robust distributed systems.

Tired of deployment bottlenecks and team dependencies in your monolithic GraphQL API? Federation lets you split it into independent subgraphs, giving teams the freedom to ship faster. See how →

Learn how you can use Stellate to protect your GraphQL APIs!

Reducing repetition and ensuring every piece of information is represented clearly and uniquely.

Loren from Netflix shares why client-side typegen should be based on your client documents (operations & fragments) instead of the schema.

The Data API for Microsoft Fabric is now generally available. Use GraphQL to efficiently query multiple Fabric and Azure data sources, including Lakehouses, Data Warehouses, Datamarts, Mirrored DBs, and the new Fabric SQL Database. Lern more in our launch blog post.

A few advanced GraphQL queries that will help you enhance your eCommerce functionality.

Supporting Vercel Routing: How We Added Support for GraphQL Server on Vercel—and What It Means for Our Customers

Content from the GraphQL community on Bluesky!

Learn how schema stitching and federation can help scale your GraphQL services across distributed architectures. This technical overview compares these two popular approaches for combining multiple GraphQL schemas into a unified API.

View composition errors, linting issues, and breaking changes directly in GitHub with Inigo's GraphQL Schema Checks GitHub Action.

A new way to communicate upcoming changes that allows clients to prepare for new required fields before they’re enforced.

Breaking changes can disrupt client functionality and create maintenance overhead. With Inigo, backward compatibility scheme checks become a streamlined, integrated part of your development workflow, ensuring your APIs remain stable and reliable.

Master GraphQL resolver implementation with this practical guide covering resolver maps, chains, and defer resolve techniques. Perfect for developers looking to build more robust GraphQL servers.

Learn how to set up CRUD operations with AWS AppSync and DynamoDB. A perfect guide for developers wanting to quickly deploy scalable GraphQL APIs on AWS

The GraphQL Foundation invites the community to participate at FOSDEM 2025! This is a great chance to share your GraphQL insights, projects, and innovations with a global audience. Whether presenting a talk or engaging with others, your involvement is welcome.

Explore the concept of supergraphs in GraphQL and understand the advantages of using federation. The article explains how federation allows teams to create a cohesive API from multiple independent services, promoting scalability and flexibility. By enabling decentralized ownership, federation streamlines collaboration among teams and supports the evolution of individual services without impacting the entire system.