---
title: "API Design Best Practices for long-running Operations: GraphQL vs REST"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/api-design-best-practices-for-long-running-operations-graphql-vs-rest-afpfpdi7o
source_url: https://wundergraph.com/blog/api_design_best_practices_for_long_running_operations_graphql_vs_rest
type: article
source: "WunderGraph"
published: 2022-04-20T12:59:45.006Z
updated: 2022-04-20T12:59:45.006Z
tags: ["graphql"]
reading_time: 20
upvotes: 15
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# API Design Best Practices for long-running Operations: GraphQL vs REST

**[WunderGraph](https://daily.dev/sources/wundergraph)** · 20 min read · 15 upvotes · 1 comments

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