With GraphQL, developers use a strongly typed query language to define both requests and responses, allowing an application to specify exactly what data it needs from an API.

But it's more than just a protocol: The Graph also has an implementation, which is open source and uses GraphQL. GraphQL is a query language for APIs, developed and open sourced by Facebook.

GraphQL is becoming a go-to query language for companies to interact with data. Understand what GraphQL does and why it’s so popular.

Apollo's GraphOS delivers a supergraph database that answers GraphQL queries while storing data in a flexible and scalable form.

GraphQL, a query-language-based API technology, has emerged as a true developer megatrend, offering a modern and powerful alternative to decades-old API technologies such as REST.

The Stargate GraphQL API now enables developers to create tables and define schemas in Apache Cassandra without the need to work directly with Cassandra Query Language (CQL).

GraphQL API authorization flaw found in major B2B financial platform Salt Labs says other platforms handling sensitive information tend to make the same mistakes.