--- title: GraphQL - Why you should be using it in 2021. | daily.dev description: GraphQL is a query language for reading and mutating data in APIs. It provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API. It gives... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/graphql---why-you-should-be-using-it-in-2021--bqkl0q9sh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GraphQL - Why you should be using it in 2021. | daily.dev og:description: GraphQL is a query language for reading and mutating data in APIs. It provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API. It gives... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/graphql---why-you-should-be-using-it-in-2021--bqkl0q9sh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bqkl0Q9SH.png og:image:alt: GraphQL - Why you should be using it in 2021. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GraphQL - Why you should be using it in 2021. **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 2 min read · 22 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary GraphQL is a query language for reading and mutating data in APIs. It provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API. It gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more. It makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@upieez** · 0 upvotes > i believe GraphQL is the way moving forward though only for bigger apps. 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