graphql-mesh VS transferred-stepzen-schemas

I played with building out a graphql mesh [0] of a few different APIs as I was curious to see if I could build one schema (and subsets of it) and have GPT interface over that. Turns out, it did a pretty good job if you can provide it the right portions of the schema it needs.

It also helped out when I was struggling to reconcile with how large of JSON payloads I was getting. The REST endpoints are just killing the prompt size, but having the model choose the fields it needed from GraphQL really helped out there.

Put it down for a while until I can get access to the plugin fine-tuned version of chatgpt and see if there's still a need or if it is additive still.

[0] https://github.com/Urigo/graphql-mesh/

graphql-mesh is a tool that allows you to integrate backend microservices (whether they are REST with OpenAPI specs, GraphQL, etc.) into a single GraphQL Gateway. It's easy to set up as it generates schemas, queries, and mutations based on the provided specifications. You only need to implement additional properties for data aggregation

You might be able to integrate existing API's with https://www.graphql-mesh.com/ but keep in mind this will add latency and you won't get all the full benefits of implementing native graphql services.

Recent projects such as GraphQL Mesh or products such as Hasura Cloud proved that GraphQL has a purpose beyond the simple front-end/mobile apps fetching challenges.

I’ve seen more products letting you join/merge GraphQL schemas independent of schema stitching or federation. Have a look at GraphQL Mesh or StepZen.

Libraries like GraphQL Mesh, on the other hand, automatically stitch multiple data sources into one single GraphQL API. This can save development time, but, like libraries that do a lot for you, you may need to provide custom overrides.

GraphQL Mesh acts as a proxy to your existing APIs, and gives you the developer ultimate control over how data is retrieved. It doesn't matter if your API is GraphQL, gRPC, Swagger, Postgres, and non-typed APIs. GraphQL Mesh can figure out how to transform your GraphQL query to the respective API.

Doing this was pretty simple. You can find the repo here which is used as the master repository to push all the labels downstream and we still retain the repo specific labels in their own repository (like this)

You can find a complete working example on GitHub

Go to stepzen.com and click on the start for free button.

Either way, I'm not too familiar with RxDB but looking at the docs you can also use StepZen to create the GraphQL layer that you use for replication. With StepZen you can build and deploy a GraphQL API based on multiple datasources (including MSSQL) in minutes. That way you only have to worry about building the logic that pulls and push replicates data to and from GraphQL. How you structure the MSSQL database would become the most important part of this project, to ensure a smooth replication.

There are multiple ways to get a GraphQL API on top off a Postgres database. If you want to have a GraphQL abstraction layer that runs as a hosted service and needs almost no code, have a look at StepZen. You can build a GraphQL API for the Postgres database by following the docs here. StepZen introspects the database (using stepzen import postgresql) and let it create the schema for you based on all the tables and columns of your database. Including a set of queries to get started with.

If you’re looking for a managed service, have a look atStepZen. You can combine multiple GraphQL schemas into one cloud GraphQL API. Instead of writing a gateway yourself, you can use SDL to merge different schemas. Besides GraphQL APIs you can also “federate” other data sources like SQL or REST

There are many of them, including StepZen which is language/framework agnostic and let you create a GraphQL server with GraphQL SDL only - in a declarative way

I’ve seen more products letting you join/merge GraphQL schemas independent of schema stitching or federation. Have a look at GraphQL Mesh or StepZen.

You can save yourself the hassle of having to build a GraphQL server, resolvers and database connections with StepZen (https://stepzen.com). It’s a product that is based solely on GraphQL SDL and you set the database connections with directives. Also, you can use it to connect other APIs

There is one thing I can say for sure: I love the spirit of open source. I've had a wonderful time working with open source communities of different sizes (e.g. Seneca-CDOT, StepZen, Appwrite, and Zulip). Fortunately, all of them are fantastic and patient with beginners.

If the only thing you're trying to do is converting a REST API to GraphQL, you should have a look at https://stepzen.com/

StepZen filed an issue about writing a GraphQL schema to integrate SpaceX REST API into their React application. I found this as an excellent opportunity for me to learn GraphQL.