Schema Stitching GraphQL API
Schema Stitching is a GraphQL technique for combining multiple GraphQL schemas into a single unified API gateway. The @graphql-tools/stitch package creates a combined proxy layer that delegates requests through to underlying service APIs, supporting type merging, stitching directives, and automated query planning comparable to Apollo Federation.
Overview
Schema Stitching GraphQL API is a GraphQL API specification published by The Guild on the APIs.io network.
Schema Stitching is a GraphQL technique for combining multiple GraphQL schemas into a single unified API gateway. The @graphql-tools/stitch package creates a combined proxy layer that delegates requests through to underlying service APIs, supporting type merging, stitching directives, and automated query planning comparable to Apollo Federation.
documentation is published at https://the-guild.dev/graphql/stitching.
The specification includes 5 reference links.
Tagged areas include API Composition, API Gateway, API Observability, Breaking Change Detection, and CI/CD.
Endpoint
References
- Documentation https://the-guild.dev/graphql/stitching/docs
- GettingStarted https://the-guild.dev/graphql/stitching/docs/getting-started
- Documentation https://the-guild.dev/graphql/mesh/docs
- Documentation https://the-guild.dev/graphql/hive/docs/gateway
- Documentation https://www.apollographql.com/docs/federation/
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