GraphQL API - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A GraphQL API exposes a single endpoint where the client sends a query describing exactly the fields it wants, and the server returns only those fields, avoiding the over-fetching common with REST.
In CI
GitHub offers a GraphQL API (/graphql) that can fetch a deeply nested object (a PR plus its checks and reviews) in one round trip, which keeps automation under tight API rate limits.
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