Backend: A Node + Express REST API
Node /
? Express
POST /post
Server-side
GET /posts Logic,
Client Server
Database
Access etc.
GET /posts/:postId
MongoDB
API Endpoints
REST & Http Methods (Http Verbs)
More than just GET & POST
GET POST PUT
Post a Resource to the Put a Resource onto the
Get a Resource from the
Server (i.e. create or Server (i.e. create or
Server
append Resource) overwrite a Resource)
PATCH DELETE OPTIONS
Update parts of an Determine whether follow-
Delete a Resource on the
existing Resource on the up Request is allowed
Server
Server (sent automatically)
How does GraphQL Work?
Node /
? Express
POST /graphql
Server-side
Logic,
Client Server
Database
POST Request Access etc.
contains Query
Expression (to define
the Data that should
be returned)
MongoDB
One Single Endpoint
A GraphQL Query
ẖ Operation “endpoint”
Operation type I M=JQ ẖ
Other types: MK=J ẖ
mutation
subscription
F9E=
9?=
ẗ Requested fields
ẗ
ẗ
REST vs GraphQL
In th
is c o
u rs e
REST API GraphQL API
Request path + http method (=
Query expression identifies a
“endpoint”) identify a resource /
resource and action
action on the server
API is stateless and decoupled from API is stateless and decoupled from
any frontend any frontend
The most common type of API Popular but less common, because
because of its ease of use you need to learn the query language
