Consuming GraphQL APIs

Learn to use Apollo Client with React and Next.js and how to write GraphQL queries.

We'll cover the following

Setting up Apollo Client with Next.js
Writing GraphQL queries
Displaying data on the home page
Creating a new sign page

GraphQL has been a game changer in the API world, and it’s increasing its popularity thanks to its ease of use, modularity, and flexibility. For those who are not very familiar with GraphQL, it’s basically a query language for APIs first invented by Facebook back in 2012. It improves many key aspects of data fetching and manipulation compared to other web service architectures, such as REST or SOAP. In fact, it allows us to avoid data overfetching (we can simply query the data fields we need), get multiple resources within a single request, obtain a strongly and statically typed interface for our data, avoid API versioning, and so on.

Setting up Apollo Client with Next.js

In this lesson, we’ll be using Apollo Client, a very popular GraphQL client with built-in support for both React and Next.js for building a very simple online signbook.

Let’s start with a new project:

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Before We Begin

Exploring Next.js: A Brief Primer

Exploring Different Rendering Strategies

Next.js Basics and Built-In Components

Hands-On Next.js

Managing Local and Global States in Next.js

CSS and Built-In Styles Methods

Using UI Frameworks

Using a Custom Server

Testing Next.js

Working with SEO and Managing Performance

Different Deployment Platforms

Managing Authentication and User Sessions

Building an E-Commerce Website with Next.js and GraphCMS

Create a Real-Time Chat Application in Next.js

Wrapping Up

Consuming GraphQL APIs

Setting up Apollo Client with Next.js