[otto_ortega]

I really love this approach, I have been thinking about it for some time now... However, as much as I like it, it seems that implementing a GraphQL server is not an easy task, and getting an in-depth understanding of how GraphQL works seems quite challenging.

I can devote a few days to read the JSON-API spec (http://jsonapi.org/) and get a pretty good understanding of it. I wish there were a way to consume JSON-API based APIs in the same declarative way GraphQL provides.

I'm thinking that a library that "translates" GraphQL queries to JSON-API requests will be a great solution.

[petetnt]

GraphQL is something that's relatively simple (and brilliant) but is one of those things that you just need to try properly first for it to click, especially if you have a background of implementing tons of REST based services.

The GraphQL related tools are top notch and implementing GraphQL server isn't any harder than a REST based server would be (one could even argue that it would be simpler). Even if you don't want to implement everything from scratch, tools like Postgraph[0] exists that pretty much automate it for you.

I made a simple tutorial[1] on wrapping an existing API with GraphQL here which goes through basics of settings up too.

[0] https://github.com/postgraphql/postgraphql [1] https://github.com/motleyagency/devday-tutorials/blob/master...

[otto_ortega]

Thank you, I will be checking on Postgraph and your tutorial, I'm really interested in adding GraphQL to my development stack.

[exogen]

> it seems that implementing a GraphQL server is not an easy task

It's actually really easy, I encourage you to look into it! I've written plenty of APIs over the years and it's one of the more pleasant experiences I've had.

I wrote this simple 35-line GraphQL server implementing a demo schema in 2 minutes just while I was replying to your comment: https://gist.github.com/exogen/d5ddf86dd7f9efd15d3fabdace759...

[otto_ortega]

You make it sound pretty easy, I will check on that example for sure.

[aarpmcgee]

You can wrap any existing API with graphql https://medium.com/taller-team/graphql-today-using-apollo-fo...

[sorenbs]

Regarding implementing GraphQL Servers: You can also check out https://github.com/graphcool/framework (I'm one of the creators) as well as the community driven https://www.howtographql.com/

[otto_ortega]

The GraphQL Framework seems cool, specially the GraphQL CRUD API. However I don't like the idea of having to use GraphQL Schema Definition Language, I want something that takes my MySql or PostgreSQL Schema and automatically generates the code to allow me to perform CRUD operations over it via a GraphQL API, and extent from it...