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Beyond REST: GraphQL Federation in Spring Boot: Build Scalable APIs with Apollo

While REST has long dominated API design, GraphQL Federation is emerging as a powerful alternative for scalable, type-safe microservices architectures. Unlike monolithic GraphQL APIs, federation allows teams to:✔ Decouple services while maintaining a unified GraphQL schema✔ Avoid overfetching/underfetching (common in REST)✔ Scale independently without breaking clients In this guide, we’ll implement a federated GraphQL API using: Spring Boot (Java backend) Apollo Federation (schema stitching) Apollo Gateway (query routing) 1. Why Federation? …

Apr 22, 2025 - 17:52
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Beyond REST: GraphQL Federation in Spring Boot: Build Scalable APIs with Apollo
While REST has long dominated API design, GraphQL Federation is emerging as a powerful alternative for scalable, type-safe microservices architectures. Unlike monolithic GraphQL APIs, federation allows teams to:✔ Decouple services while maintaining a unified GraphQL schema✔ Avoid overfetching/underfetching (common in REST)✔ Scale independently without breaking clients In this guide, we’ll implement a federated GraphQL API using: Spring Boot (Java backend) Apollo Federation (schema stitching) Apollo Gateway (query routing) 1. Why Federation? …
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