I Migrated Our API From REST to GraphQL. Here's What Nobody Warned Me About.
The article discusses the author's experience migrating an API from REST to GraphQL over three months. While the transition brought significant benefits, it also presented unexpected challenges, particularly in schema design and error handling. The author concludes that while the migration was worthwhile for their use case, it may not be suitable for simpler APIs.
- ▪The migration process took three months and involved multiple phases including schema design and client migration.
- ▪Key benefits of GraphQL included query-level permissions and reduced endpoint proliferation.
- ▪Challenges included brutal error handling and the need for application-level caching.
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