Sampling GraphQL

The move to GraphQL marked a larger shift in GitHub's Platform strategy towards more transparency and more flexibility in our API. Over the past year, GitHub has been iterating on their schema to bring it closer towards feature completeness and strengthening the use for 3rd party integrators. Join me in walking through some of the newer ways developers are leveraging our API primitives and benefiting from GraphQL adoption into their development workflow.

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1. Sampling GraphQL sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
2. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
3. sampled disco tracks sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
4. Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
5. “the message” sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
6. rap became social commentary sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
7. gansta rap sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
8. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO N.W.A Public Enemy
9. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
10. “ain't nothin' but a gangsta party” sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO (2 of Amerikaz most wanted)
11. 1996 sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
12. give it a REST! sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
14. Developer AdvocateTools Brian Douglas Money$ign @bdougieYO @bdougie @bdougieYO
15. Queen Bey
16. What Would Bey Do? @bdougieYO
17. go to bat for the hive
18. GitHub GraphQL API @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO
19. GitHub chose GraphQL to provide more flexibility for our integrators. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
20. • Integrators • Flexibility sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO improved experience
21. GitHub is a collaboration platform. We provide enough features and get out of the way of the developer. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
22. better hooks sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
23. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO Puff Daddy (P Diddy)
24. 1997 sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
25. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO (wrap changed forever)
26. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO (even will came back to rap)
27. 2016 sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
28. GitHub sampled GraphQL sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
29. @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO JAMstack Radio Podcast #5 @bdougieYO
30. 2017 sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
31. GitHub launched their GraphQL-first API sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
32. hooks: inconsitency sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
33. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO • Inconsistent REST API • Reference documentation maintenance hooks: documentation
34. @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO GraphQL Explorer @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
35. @bdougieYO developer.github.com/v4/explorer/ Query @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
36. @bdougieYO developer.github.com/v4/explorer/ Data @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
37. @bdougieYO developer.github.com/v4/explorer/ @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO Documentation
38. I wanted to try this new GraphQL API by building a new project @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
39. GitHub is the place to discover open source @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
40. I want to get involved in Open Source @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
41. but every-time I find a project I don't know where to start @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
42. ~Gucci Mane The Godfather of Trap Music @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
43. French trap music ~Damso @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO ~Booba
44. Gucci Mane sampled “Lovin’ You” @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
45. ~Gucci Mane If you don’t got sauce, then you lost @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
46. an open source project to manage open source projects @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
47. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
48. a way to save and take notes on projects to rediscover later @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
49. I was hungry to learn the GitHub GraphQL API @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
50. @bdougieYO GitHub GraphQL API Open Sauced Prisma Fetching repo data Fetching saved notes Saving notes @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
51. I sampled GitHub to build my integration @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
52. stitching my app with the GitHub API @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
53. Who is using the GitHub GraphQL API? sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
54. GitHub (200+ contributors) sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
55. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
56. @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
57. @bdougieYO Client Server sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO REST API GraphQL gateway /graphql @bdougieYO
58. I sampled my REST API to power my GraphQL API sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
59. GitHub is powering their REST API with the GraphQL API sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
60. REST v GraphQL sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
61. REST + GraphQL sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
62. The GitHub REST API is not going anywhere sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
63. Improve you’re experience with GitHub Apps
64. allow integrators the flexibility to request specific access to resources and act as a first class actor without taking up a paid seat within an organization. @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO GitHub Apps
65. probot.github.io @bdougieYO
66. automate workflows @bdougieYO By leveraging the GitHub API
67. @bdougieYO identify repeated tasks “We {action} every {period of time}.”
68. pull reminders @bdougieYO
69. @bdougieYO identify repeated tasks “We review pull request once a day.”
70. listen to hooks @bdougieYO Take action via the GitHub API
71. @bdougieYO
72. @bdougieYO
73. @bdougieYO Probot + Octokit
74. @bdougieYO GraphQL + Octokit
75. the GraphQL API provides opportunity to define interactions based on solutions and not endpoints sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
76. @bdougieYO all contributors in x repos
77. What is missing in the GraphQL API @bdougieYO the GitHub API is constantly getting new interactions @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
78. Checks API
79. Checks API: Sophisticated feedback @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
80. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO GitHub App: TravisCI • Test and Deploy with Confidence.
81. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO Checks share more information
82. “Check on it” pull request @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
83. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO github.com/apps/linter-alex
84. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO New Checks tab in the UI
85. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO Checks dashboard provides more sophisticated feedback for the developer
86. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO Checks dashboard provides more sophisticated feedback for the developer
87. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
88. What is missing in the GraphQL API @bdougieYO You can build this for your GraphQL workflow @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
89. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO graphql-doctor
90. the Checks API is currently in developer preview sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
91. sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO the Checks API will not work in the explorer
92. @bdougieYO @bdougieYO GraphQL Playground
93. You can sample GraphQL today by using your own GitHub data @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
94. Use the GraphQL Explorer to get sampln’ @bdougieYO sandwich.netlify.com @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
95. @bdougieYO developer.github.com/v4 @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO @bdougieYO
96. @bdougieYO