Realtime · GraphQL Specification

Realtime GraphQL API

A GraphQL operation type that delivers realtime updates to clients, typically carried over WebSocket using the graphql-ws or legacy graphql-transport-ws protocol, or over SSE using the GraphQL-SSE protocol. Subscriptions are supported by Apollo, Hasura, AWS AppSync, and most production GraphQL servers.

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Overview

Realtime GraphQL API is a GraphQL API specification published by Realtime on the APIs.io network.

A GraphQL operation type that delivers realtime updates to clients, typically carried over WebSocket using the graphql-ws or legacy graphql-transport-ws protocol, or over SSE using the GraphQL-SSE protocol. Subscriptions are supported by Apollo, Hasura, AWS AppSync, and most production GraphQL servers.

documentation is published at https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/#sec-Subscription.

The specification includes 1 reference link.

Tagged areas include Real-Time, WebSocket, WebRTC, Server-Sent Events, and MQTT.

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