--- title: REST and the future of APIs | daily.dev description: REST is still solid, no matter what anyone says, but it is definitely geared toward browser-based clients. If you use pretty much any non-REST solution you... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rest-and-the-future-of-apis-lpvryhg-a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: REST and the future of APIs | daily.dev og:description: REST is still solid, no matter what anyone says, but it is definitely geared toward browser-based clients. If you use pretty much any non-REST solution you... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rest-and-the-future-of-apis-lpvryhg-a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LPvrYHg_a.png og:image:alt: REST and the future of APIs 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. # REST and the future of APIs **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 7 min read · 113 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary REST is still solid, no matter what anyone says, but it is definitely geared toward browser-based clients. If you use pretty much any non-REST solution you will either lose some valuable functionality that comes built-in to web browsers or will need to write a ton of JavaScript code. GraphQL is definitely a generally popular choice and makes a lot of sense if you’re primarily dealing with the rendering of data relations. ## 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. **@andrei0x309** · 0 upvotes > I mostly agree with the flowchart from the article :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rest-and-the-future-of-apis-lpvryhg-a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"REST and the future of APIs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rest-and-the-future-of-apis-lpvryhg-a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rest-and-the-future-of-apis-lpvryhg-a"},"datePublished":"2022-01-03T14:57:57.481Z","dateModified":"2022-01-03T14:57:57.482Z","description":"REST is still solid, no matter what anyone says, but it is definitely geared toward browser-based clients. 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