Commit 877395b1 authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Edit GraphQL general availability text

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...@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ the `/Users` endpoint. The base URL is: `/api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/` ...@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ the `/Users` endpoint. The base URL is: `/api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/`
## Road to GraphQL ## Road to GraphQL
Going forward, we will start on moving to [GraphQL](graphql/index.md) is available in GitLab, which will
[GraphQL](graphql/index.md) and deprecate the use of allow deprecation of controller-specific endpoints.
controller-specific endpoints. GraphQL has a number of benefits:
GraphQL has a number of benefits:
1. We avoid having to maintain two different APIs. 1. We avoid having to maintain two different APIs.
1. Callers of the API can request only what they need. 1. Callers of the API can request only what they need.
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# GraphQL API # GraphQL API
> [Introduced][ce-19008] in GitLab 11.0. > - [Introduced][ce-19008] in GitLab 11.0 (enabled by feature flag `graphql`).
> - [Always enabled](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/30444)
in GitLab 12.1.
[GraphQL](https://graphql.org/) is a query language for APIs that [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/) is a query language for APIs that
allows clients to request exactly the data they need, making it allows clients to request exactly the data they need, making it
...@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ There are no plans to deprecate the REST API. To reduce the technical burden of ...@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ There are no plans to deprecate the REST API. To reduce the technical burden of
supporting two APIs in parallel, they should share implementations as much as supporting two APIs in parallel, they should share implementations as much as
possible. possible.
As of the 12.1 release, GraphQL is always enabled.
## Available queries ## Available queries
A first iteration of a GraphQL API includes the following queries A first iteration of a GraphQL API includes the following queries
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