GitHub GraphQL API

1. GitHub GraphQL API Brooks Swinnerton
2. Hi, I’m Brooks
3. I work at !
4. Today I want to talk about our API
5. March 11, 2008
6. April 8, 2011
7. today’s REST API
8. is endpoint driven
9. is verb driven
11. /repos/:owner/:name/projects ʦʒʒʪ
 verb ʦʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʪ
 endpoint GET
12. [ { "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/1", "id": 166, "name": "The Website", "body": "The main website powering my weekend hack project.", "number": 1, "creator": { "login": "bswinnerton", "id": 934497, "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/934497?v=3", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton", "html_url": "https://github.com/bswinnerton", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/following{/ other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/bswinnerton/ received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:25:42Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:36:56Z" } ]
13. /repos/:owner/:name/projects/:number/columns ʦʒʒʪ
 verb ʦʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʪ
 endpoint GET
14. [ { "project_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/1", "id": 522, "name": "Up Next", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:25:48Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:31:05Z" }, { "project_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/1", "id": 523, "name": "In Flight", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:25:52Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:34:30Z" }, { "project_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/1", "id": 524, "name": "Awaiting Review", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:26:01Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:36:56Z" }, { "project_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/1", "id": 525, "name": "Done", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:26:05Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:35:39Z" } ]
15. /repos/:owner/:name/projects/columns/:id/cards ʦʒʒʪ
 verb ʦʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʒʪ
 endpoint GET
16. [ { "column_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/ columns/525", "id": 2408, "note": null, "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:34:27Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:34:27Z", "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/issues/2" }, { "column_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/ columns/525", "id": 2410, "note": "Find cofounders", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:35:09Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:35:09Z" }, { "column_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/ columns/525", "id": 2409, "note": "Buy domain name", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:34:43Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:34:43Z" }, { "column_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/bswinnerton/weekend-project/projects/ columns/525", "id": 2402, "note": "Set up Slack", "created_at": "2016-09-13T05:26:20Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-13T05:26:20Z" } ]
17. this can be painful
18. each request counts against a rate limit
19. data you don’t need
20. which brings us to tomorrow
21. September 14, 2016
22. built on GraphQL
23. what is GraphQL?
24. a query language
25. created by Facebook
26. query {
 viewer {
 name
 }
 }
27. query {
 viewer {
 name
 }
 } { "data": { "viewer": { "name": "Brooks" } } }
28. it’s introspectable
29. it’s typed
30. let’s take it for a spin
31. !
32. why GraphQL?
33. you get the data you need
34. in one request
35. you get the data you need
36. when new UI features are released
37. we use GraphQL in production
38. early access
39. we want your feedback
40. which schemas do you need?
41. where can we offer better tooling?
42. what’s confusing about the GraphQL API?
43. Learn more Check out tomorrow’s talk: Updating our Platform to help integrators ship
 http://githubengineering.com 
 https://developer.github.com
 
 https://platform.github.community
44. https://developer.github.com
45. https://platform.github.community
46. Come find us
47. Q&A
48. FIN