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Digital Transformation and Modernization with IBM API Connect

You're reading from   Digital Transformation and Modernization with IBM API Connect A practical guide to developing, deploying, and managing high-performance and secure hybrid-cloud APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801070799
Length 588 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bryon Kataoka Bryon Kataoka
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James Brennan James Brennan
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Ashish Aggarwal Ashish Aggarwal
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Digital Transformation and API Connect
2. Chapter 1: Digital Transformation and Modernization with API Connect FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Introducing API Connect 4. Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Organized 5. Section 2: Agility in Development
6. Chapter 4: API Creation 7. Chapter 5: Modernizing SOAP Services 8. Chapter 6: Supporting FHIR REST Services 9. Chapter 7: Securing APIs 10. Chapter 8: Message Transformations 11. Chapter 9: Building a GraphQL API 12. Chapter 10: Publishing Options 13. Chapter 11: API Management and Governance 14. Chapter 12: User-Defined Policies 15. Section 3: DevOps Pipelines and What's Next
16. Chapter 13: Using Test and Monitor for Unit Tests 17. Chapter 14: Building Pipelines for API Connect 18. Chapter 15: API Analytics and the Developer Portal 19. Chapter 16: What's Next in Digital Transformation Post-COVID? 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to GraphQL and how to look at it holistically. You learned how the graph is created and what comprises the GraphQL server from a provider viewpoint.

You learned about queries, resolvers, and mutations, as well as how each type field can have an impact on costs and performance.

Developing a GraphQL API follows similar practices to other REST APIs but there were a few wrinkles in how you look at developing a Product plan due to cost factors. You learned that those cost factors provide you with details on how to set up the rating limits in your plan. Adjusting weights at the type level or field level will help determine the cost of your GraphQL API. You also learned how to remove fields from the schema to remove information that you do not wish your consumers to access.

GraphQL is not for every implementation and it certainly doesn't replace your REST APIs, but it does provide benefits in situations where the client needs to determine...

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