GraphQL API! #3447
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GraphQL!A lot of companies are switching from using REST APIs to using graphql and I think it's time for Discord to switch too. I see a lot of pros of using graphql. Maybe this could be released in API version 10 or something like that. Some pros of using graphql:
I don't know why Discord isn't already using GraphQL like some other companies. They could also change the way the API works on the app so that it uses graphql instead of the rest API. Obviously I am not saying they should add this right away, I am just saying it should be on the roadmap. |
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Related #1423. |
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While cool, I think the chances of this happening are pretty much zero. GraphQL would take a lot of work from the entire company to ship, from infra to developers working on well-known GraphQL gotchas like caching and loading strategies. It's really hard to justify that investment, and would delay us from shipping other cool features for you all instead! |
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It would also change the stress points of Discord from easily testable pre-defined access patterns to intractably many, hard-to-test, constantly varying access patterns. |
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While cool, I think the chances of this happening are pretty much zero. GraphQL would take a lot of work from the entire company to ship, from infra to developers working on well-known GraphQL gotchas like caching and loading strategies. It's really hard to justify that investment, and would delay us from shipping other cool features for you all instead!