Overview

What is GraphQL?

GraphQL is a specification for an expressive data query language for APIs. It allows you to describe your data, request what you want from your data and receive a response back in the same shape as your request - only the fields you requested with the same field names. GraphQL is a strongly typed server-side runtime allowing you to traverse from the entry point to related data, following relationships defined in the schema, in a single request.

Many options for implementation on the server and client side are available.

GraphQL was internally developed by Facebook. It was publicly released in 2015.

For more information about the history of GraphQL see GraphQL.org.

Why is Inomial using GraphQL?

Inomial chose GraphQL because..

Our GraphQL API is accessed by a GraphiQL console. GraphiQL is an interactive in-browser Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for interacting with GraphQL API calls, enabling the means to query data and perform mutations.

Endpoint

Smile GraphQL is available at the following endpoint:

https://showcase.inomial.net/live/api/ql

About this reference

This is a reference to every type available in the Smile GraphQL API. You can use the sidebar to view the available types. Start from Query to see the API’s entry-point fields.

You can also access reference material using the Smile GraphiQL App Docs sidebar.