Should data be normalized on the backend before being sent to the frontend?

• json-api

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  A specification for building JSON APIs

  

There's a million different approaches but might I suggest json:api, which is all about the structure of your requests and responses, but makes no demands on your URL structure, for instance. It is intended as an anti-bikeshedding tool.

• normalizr

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  Discontinued Normalizes nested JSON according to a schema (by paularmstrong)

I'm going to go against the tide here and point out that GraphQL APIs aren't normalized, but GraphQL caching implementations end up normalizing GraphQL responses, so that's a large amount of prior-art that says "no." There are also tools like normalizr to make (de)normalization simple on the frontend.

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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