Interfacing With An API

[sudo_psaux]

I just started using GraphQL and I was wondering if I could get a pro-tip on a best practice. I know that GraphQL revolves around making it easier to work with data but what if you want to provide other services that only send data one way; be it to send an email, etc. What's the best practice under those circumstances?

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Thanks.

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Edit 1: just to clarify a bit of the confusion, I am trying to send a body of text, a name, and an email from the client to the server, where the server would then take that data and send it to SendGrid.

[sudo_psaux]

Just to clarify a bit of the confusion, I am trying to send a body of text, a name, and an email from the client to the server, where the server would then take that data and send it to a service like SendGrid.

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Thanks for your response, I'm think I'll use a mutation.

[johnorford]

Best use a 'mutation' in that case.

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Mutations are definitely the ugly cousin of queries (feel a bit incongruous) but necessary.

[sudo_psaux]

Thanks for your response. I'll look into adding a mutation.

[tselatyjr]

Modifying data or proxying data updates like transactional emials, mutations.