GraphQL Tools
To access the Connect GraphQL API, you can use whichever API client you prefer. Below are some recommendations to help you get started.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a free cross-platform desktop application for interacting with and designing HTTP-based APIs. Insomnia combines an easy-to-use interface with advanced functionality like authentication helpers, code generation, and environment variables.
To install Insomnia, see the official installation documentation.
Postman
Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman has built-in support for sending GraphQL queries in the request body, using GraphQL variables, and introspection and importing GraphQL schemas.
To install Postman, see the official installation documentation.
GraphiQL
GraphiQL is an interactive in-browser GraphQL IDE that is built with React by the GraphQL Foundation. It supports the official GraphQL spec out-of-the-box and includes strong features like a visual query builder, API documentation explorer, syntax & error highlighting, and automatic code completion.
A configurable version of GraphiQL is available here.
GraphQL Playground
GraphQL Playground is a GraphQL IDE built on top of GraphiQL, developed by Prisma. Apart from the existing features of GraphiQL, it includes improvements and enhancements to the original GraphiQL experience, like enhanced documentation and schema exploration, and better query debugging.
To install GraphQL Playground, see the official installation documentation.
Additional Resources
This guide cannot cover all the details about GraphQL, API servers, and other technologies that might be of use. Here are some starting points to help you find more details: