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Discussion on: "GraphQL vs REST" is ill-typed

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

I learnt today that there are actually three things or more...

graphql.org/learn/serving-over-http/

After reading a lot about the differences between REST and SOAP, I got the impression that REST is just another word for HTTP. Can someone explain what functionality REST adds to HTTP?

Note: I'm not looking for a comparison of REST versus SOAP.

Update: Thanks for your answers…

It feels like GraphQL and REST API are actually apples and oranges.

This seems to be a correct answer.

hasura.io/blog/rest-view-of-graphql/