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Light Graphql 4j

GraphQL is a new style of protocol open sourced by Facebook and it is getting popular especially in Mobile and Single Page Applications as a front end. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.

light-graphql-4j is a GraphQL framework built on top of light-4j and graphql-java.

There are two options to start a graphql project with light-graphql-4j:

  • Define your GraphQL IDL and generate the code from it with light-codegen

  • Start a new project by copying one of the examples and replace the schema with yours.

For more information on these examples, please refer to graphql tutorial.

The most important tool for GraphQL application is GraphiQL which is an web interface that allow you to introspect the GraphQL server and execute queries and mutations. Once you have your light-graphql-4j application up and running, the GraphiQL is served at

http://localhost:8080/graphql

or

https://localhost:8080/graphql

For more information about this tool, please check this site.

“Light Graphql 4j” was last updated: July 5, 2021: fixes #275 checked and corrected grammar/spelling for majority of pages (#276) (b3bbb7b)
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