graphqurl

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graphql cli client

SHOW HN2018

graphqurl

Curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL

github.com

#graphql#graphiql#graphql cli#graphql subscriptions#curl

246points
20comments
#128of 2,155 in 2018
Top 6%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.

Design: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for spinning up GraphiQL against any endpoint with auth headers

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome! I particularly like being able to spin up a local instance of GraphiQL against any endpoint (with auth headers and everything). I tried it with GitHub's GraphQL…
      peterjmag on HN
  • Looks awesome to people new to GraphQL

    From 1 comment
    • I haven't really ventured into GraphQL land yet, but this looks awesome!
      michaelmior on HN

Objections

  • CLI needs saved queries to be really useful

    From 1 comment
    • CLI looks neat, but these apps really require things like saved queries to be really useful. I'm pretty happy with using Insomnia app for Graphql / REST so far.
      jaequery on HN
  • GraphQL syntax is weird and unnecessary for many apps

    From 2 comments
    • To be honest, I find graphql syntax really weird. What you get back is json, why not make the query language json itself? So all the existing json processing tools on the…
      nojvek on HN
    • I don't know if this was ironic or not but it made me chuckle. Many people actually DO use technologies that are absolutely not required but which bring incidental complexity…
      boubiyeah on HN

Requests

  • Support for saved queries

    From 1 comment
    • CLI looks neat, but these apps really require things like saved queries to be really useful. I'm pretty happy with using Insomnia app for Graphql / REST so far.
      jaequery on HN

Questions

  • Whether it works with Yelp's GraphQL API

    From 1 comment
    • I'm interested in trying it with yelp https://www.yelp.com/developers/graphql/guides/intro
      homero on HN

Alternatives named

  • Insomnia

    From 1 comment
    • CLI looks neat, but these apps really require things like saved queries to be really useful. I'm pretty happy with using Insomnia app for Graphql / REST so far.
      jaequery on HN
  • JSONGraph

    From 1 comment
    • > To be honest, I find graphql syntax really weird. What you get back is json, why not make the query language json itself? So all the existing json processing tools on the…
      masklinn on HN

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