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Meet Graphene

Graphene is a Python library for building GraphQL schemas/types fast and easily.

• Easy to use: Graphene helps you use GraphQL in Python easily.
• Graphene has builtin support for Relay.
• Support for Django, SQLAlchemy and GAE: mapping the models automatically to GraphQL types.

import graphene

class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
    hello = graphene.String()

    def resolve_hello(self, args, info):
        return 'world'

schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query)

result = schema.execute('{ hello }')

What is GraphQL?

GraphQL is a data query language and runtime designed to request and deliver data in a performant way.

Advantages of using GraphQL:

• Only one API endpoint. One roundtrip for fetch everything you need.
• No data overfetching or underfetching.
• Autogenerated Graphical UI and docs based in your schema.