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Understanding GraphQL Federation
In the world of GraphQL, one of the most powerful features is the ability to include one schema within another. This allows us to create modular and reusable components, making our overall schema more organized and maintainable.
With GraphQL Federation, you can create a “gateway” that acts as the single entry point for all client requests. This gateway is responsible for routing the requests to the appropriate microservices, combining the responses, and returning them to the client as a single unified GraphQL response. This way, we can host one backend service that combines and proxies our requests to other GraphQL servers.
More widely, GraphQL Federation simplifies the process of building large-scale GraphQL ...
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