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License: MIT License
GraphQL FAQ
License: MIT License
I see many people getting confused why GraphQL doesn't have a wildcard field; in fact I see some people calling GraphQL "half baked" and seeing the lack of wildcard as one of the reasons that justify their opinion.
I think this topic should be added to the FAQ. I wasn't comfortable adding a PR to proposals as it's not clear exactly what format the proposal should be in yet (they seem to be placeholders currently?).
IMO the lack of a wildcard field is one of GraphQL's biggest strengths - it forces clients to specify the fields that they need, which has a number of advantages:
Here's a massive conversation about this in the spec repo:
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