API Design · Senior · Question 22 of 75

How should a GraphQL schema model mutations for good client experience?

1One generic update(table, json) mutation
2Mutations should return only booleans
✓Correct answer: Specific mutations with input types and payload types that return the changed objects and expected business errors

Explanation

Returning changed objects lets normalized client caches update without refetching.

Further reading

GraphQL: Best practices ↗

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