Show HN: Curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL
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HN comment orderTo be honest, I find graphql syntax really weird. What you get back is json, why not make the query language json itself? So all the existing json processing tools on the frontend just work. With the weird syntax, now you need a parser and checker, and you need to write some boilerplate for doing mutation syntax. There’s a reason why everyone and their dog invented ORMs. So you could live in an object world and everything would just work…
We've found much to like about GraphQL, but it's a minor annoyance that most GraphQL-based web services only accept POST requests (not also GET requests) and treat white-space in the query as meaningful. These little factors make it harder to run ad-hoc queries by curl/httpie/etc or in a web browser. Will have to give this tool a try to see how well it fits for quick, little debugging of GraphQL endpoints.
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- Total points
- 376
- Total comments
- 28
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-07 | Show HN: Graphqurl: curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions, GraphiQL | alberteinstein | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-08-10 | Show HN: Curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQLFirst breakout · Best thread | wawhal | 246 | 20 |
| 2021-01-05 | Graphqurl: Curl for GraphQL, with Autocomplete and SubscriptionsLatest 20+ point return | jaredwiener | 127 | 8 |