swapi-graphql VS may-the-fourth-be-with-you

My first introduction to GraphQL was roughly 7 years ago, about a year after it was initially announced by Facebook. My first taste was using the "SWAPI," The Star Wars API, GraphQL wrapper that the team at Facebook created. You can view the source code for it here. It was an eye-opening experience, GraphQL felt like a game changer, but I only had an excuse to use it once joining Amplication.

Other GraphQL clients offer similar functionality for testing and interacting with a GraphQL API, but this article places greater emphasis on using GraphQL Playground. To test our queries, we will work with the StarWars API.

Have you ever used graphql and more specifically graphiql?

Before getting started we need to find a working GraphQL SWAPI endpoint. The official repo is only for setting up our own server (which is nice to have), but if we don't want to set up a demo server, then we need a ready to use endpoint.

Then, inside the scripts folder, create a file called download.ts. This file will be a scraper of the Star Wars API so we have all the details of our characters, films, ships, and more. However, rather than creating it from scratch, we will modify the scraper script that Facebook created for their version of the GraphQL API. Most changes are just adding typing data as we write code in TypeScript rather than JavaScript. So rather than reviewing all of the changes, just copy and paste the code from here.