Whats the standard way to query a graphql API with...

# spring

[efemoney]

Whats the standard way to query a graphql API within a kotlin spring boot application. What libraries are there (if any)?

[Dariusz Kuc]

unsure whether there is a "standard"
but there are a number of libraries available

[Dariusz Kuc]

https://graphql.org/code/#java-kotlin

[Dariusz Kuc]

not listed above -> Netflix DGS also provides a client

[Dariusz Kuc]

*disclaimer: I am one of the maintainers of graphql-kotlin

[Dariusz Kuc]

looks like I need to update the docs on the graphql.org as we simplified the config :)

[efemoney]

Thanks @Dariusz Kuc. One of the teams in my company is using DGS (they are who we need to query) but I didnt check to see if it had a client.

[Dariusz Kuc]

You can use any graphql client to query it

[efemoney]

Yeah I know, did a quick comparison of DGS vs gql-kotlin apis and I like the latter 👍🏼 (similar to apollo too)

[Dariusz Kuc]

Btw there are #apollo-android and #graphql-kotlin channels where you can post lib specific questions

[Dariusz Kuc]

Apollo is probably the most popular client with some advanced features (like caching) built in

[Dariusz Kuc]

In grapqhl-kotlin we went with thin wrappers on top of existing clients (like Spring Webclient and Ktor HttpClient) where you can configure clients directly (eg add whatever interceptors etc)