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Stan Hu
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Clarify API V5 being a compatability layer on top of GraphQL
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## Road to GraphQL
## Road to GraphQL
API v4 will be the last REST API that we support. Going forward, we will start
Going forward, we will start on moving to
on moving to GraphQL and deprecate the use of controller-specific
[
GraphQL
](
http://graphql.org/learn/best-practices/
)
and deprecate the use of
endpoints. GraphQL has a number of benefits:
controller-specific
endpoints. GraphQL has a number of benefits:
1.
We avoid having to maintain two different APIs.
1.
We avoid having to maintain two different APIs.
2.
Callers of the API can request only what they need.
2.
Callers of the API can request only what they need.
3.
It is versioned by default.
It will co-exist with the current V4 REST API. If we have a V5 API, this should be
compatability layer on top of GraphQL.
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