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API Platform vs GraphQL Playground

A side-by-side look at API Platform and GraphQL Playground. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

API Platform

API Platform

Development

API Platform is an open-source PHP framework to build modern web APIs. It allows creating hypermedia and GraphQL APIs in minutes using entities and annotations. It handles API resources validation, serialization, filtering, pagination, CORS, etc. out of the box.

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GraphQL Playground

GraphQL Playground

Development

GraphQL Playground is an interactive IDE for working with GraphQL APIs. It allows developers to explore and test GraphQL schemas by sending queries, mutations, and subscriptions. Key features include auto-generated docs, GraphiQL editor, headers configuration, and more.

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