Currently dgraph has been advertised as a native GraphQL database. Judging from the current information, the GraphQL API seems to be for the client rather than the server. I did not find a use case for using GraphQL API on the server side. Ignore the backend and let the client directly operate th…

Hi @pandaslive I think there is a bit of miscommunication about Dgraph and GraphQL here. I shall attempt to clarify. Apologies in advanced if I may sound patronizing. It’s often better to be simple and clear rather than complicated and obscure. API - an API is a way to talk to a program. If you us…

How to use GraphQL API in GraphQL backend server?

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chewxy (chewxy) September 1, 2020, 4:27am 4

What are you receiving from your frontend? GraphQL?

Additionally, what are the objects you have defined in juniper, and how are they defined in Dgraph?

If they are adequately specified, you could just pass the client GraphQL directly to Dgraph

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How to use GraphQL API in GraphQL backend server?

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