API Design · Senior · Question 23 of 75

What's a risk of exposing database models directly as a GraphQL schema?

1GraphQL can't describe database models
✓Correct answer: The API becomes coupled to storage, leaks internal fields, and lets clients build expensive joins you didn't plan for
3It makes queries faster

Explanation

Design the schema around client use cases and domain concepts, and add authorization per field where needed.

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