Learn how to combine the reliability of Express with the flexibility of GraphQL.
1Best of Both Worlds
You don't have to choose. Use REST for simple things like file uploads or health checks, and use GraphQL for the complex, data-heavy parts of your application.
2Mounting the Middleware
Integrating Apollo into Express is straightforward. You initialize Apollo, start it, and then pass it to Express using the expressMiddleware function.
3Request Lifecycle
When a request hits /graphql, it first goes through your global Express middleware (like CORS and JSON parsing) before being handed over to the Apollo engine for execution.
