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I fixed the GraphQL typo (my mistake) in $subject to help with future ML 
searches.

Please see inline too.


On 02/05/18 07:37, Flint WALRUS wrote:
> Ok, here are my two cents regarding GraphQL integration within 
> Openstack and some thoughts around this topic.
>
> 1°/- Openstack SDK should still exist and should be in my humble 
> opinion a critical focus as it allow following benefits for large and 
> medium companies :
>
> • It provide a common and clean structure for Openstack developments 
> and should be used either by projects or tools willing to integrate 
> Openstack as it will then create some sort of standard.
>
> For instance, here in my job we have A LOT (More than 10 000 peoples 
> working within around 130 teams) of teams developing over Openstack 
> using the SDK as a common shared base layout.
> That allow for teams to easily share and co-develop on projects. Those 
> teams are spread around the world and so need to have clean guidelines 
> as it avoid them reinventing the wheel, they’re not stuck with someone 
> else obscure code created by another persons on the other side of the 
> world or within a different timezone.
> Additionally it streamline our support and debug processes.

I'm assuming you're talking about the Python SDK (Shade) which would 
make sense because it's the "lingua franca" of all projects.

Nevertheless, for any SDKs/Languages, if adopted then GraphQL is likely 
to replace its REST SDK on the long run. GraphQL is a DSL bypassing a 
SDK need which get replaced with GraphQL client library. Basically the 
change, not a rewrite, is inevitable. But I insist on "the long run" 
part, initially both in parallel one wrapping the other, then 
progressively the REST content moving across to GraphQL.

>
> • We should get a common consensus before all projects start to 
> implement it.


This is going to be raised during the API SIG weekly meeting later this 
week.
API developers (at least one) from every project are strongly welcomed 
to participate.
I suppose it makes sense for the API SIG to be the place to discuss it, 
at least initially.


>
> This point is for me the most important one as it will fix flaws we 
> get currently with the rest APIs development within Openstack.
>
> First it will avoid a fresh developer to be confused by too many 
> options. Honestly, I know we are open etc, but this point really need 
> to be addressed as it is the main issue that I face with Openstack 
> advocacy since many years now.
>
> Having too many options even if explained within the documentation 
> daunt a lot of people to quickly give a hand with projects.
>
> For instance I have a workmate that is currently working on an 
> internal tool which ask me how should he implement its project REST 
> interfaces.
>
> I told him TO NOT use WSME and to stick with what have been done by a 
> major project. Unfortunately he choose to copy what have been done by 
> Octavia which is actually using... WSME...
>
> GraphQL gives us the opportunity and ability to fix Openstack 
> development inconsistencies by providing and enforcing a clean 
> guideline regarding which library should be used and in which way.
>
> That would also have the side effect to easy the entry level for a new 
> Openstack developer.

I couldn't agree more!

>
> • New architecture opportunities.
>
> For sure that will bring new architecture opportunities, but the 
> broker thing is not a good idea as each project should be able to be 
> autonomous.
>
> I personally don’t like centralized services as it bring SPOF.
>
> Let’s take the AMQP example. For now most of Openstack deployments use 
> a RabbitMQ or broker like system.
> Even if each (well at least major vanilla projects) services can (and 
> should) use ZeroMQ.
> I do myself use RabbitMQ but my last weeks were so much 
> debugging/investigation hell that we now plan to have a serious 
> benchmark and test of ZMQ.
>
> One thing that I would love to see with GraphQL is a better 
> distributed and traceable model.
>

Exactly and the term broker I used is far from ideal,  I meant it in the 
context of a broker pattern providing distributed API service. GraphQL 
has "stiching" capabilities allowing to forward request to diverse 
GraphQL service, kind of a proxy, ideally such service to be distributed 
itself.

The idea behind is a GraphQL proxy offering a single point of entry for 
OpenStack entire stack and of course leaving complete autonomy to the 
all services.

https://blog.graph.cool/graphql-schema-stitching-explained-schema-delegation-4c6caf468405

> Anyway, I’m glad someone started this discussion as I feel it is a 
> really important topic that would highly help Openstack on more than 
> just interfacing topics.
> Le mar. 1 mai 2018 à 05:00, Gilles Dubreuil <gdubreui at redhat.com 
> <mailto:gdubreui at redhat.com>> a écrit :
>
>
>
>     On 01/05/18 11:31, Flint WALRUS wrote:
>>     Yes, that’s was indeed the sens of my point.
>
>     I was just enforcing it, no worries! ;)
>
>
>>
>>     Openstack have to provide both endpoints type for a while for
>>     backward compatibility in order to smooth the transition.
>>
>>     For instance, that would be a good idea to contact postman
>>     devteam once GraphQL will start to be integrated as it will allow
>>     a lot of ops to keep their day to day tools by just having to
>>     convert their existing collections of handful requests.
>
>     Shouldn't we have a common consensus before any project start
>     pushing its own GraphQL wheel?
>
>     Also I wonder how GraphQL could open new architecture avenues for
>     OpenStack.
>     For example, would that make sense to also have a GraphQL broker
>     linking OpenStack services?
>
>
>
>>
>>     Or alternatively to provide a tool with similar features at least.
>>     Le mar. 1 mai 2018 à 03:18, Gilles Dubreuil <gdubreui at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:gdubreui at redhat.com>> a écrit :
>>
>>
>>
>>         On 30/04/18 20:16, Flint WALRUS wrote:
>>>         I would very much second that question! Indeed it have been
>>>         one of my own wondering since many times.
>>>
>>>         Of course GraphQL is not intended to replace REST as is and
>>>         have to live in parallel 
>>
>>         Effectively a standard initial architecture is to have
>>         GraphQL sitting aside (in parallel) and wrapping REST and
>>         along the way develop GrapgQL Schema.
>>
>>         It's seems too early to tell but GraphQL being the next step
>>         in API evolution it might ultimately replace REST.
>>
>>
>>>         but it would likely and highly accelerate all requests
>>>         within heavily loaded environments
>>
>>         +1
>>
>>
>>>         .
>>>
>>>         So +1 for this question.
>>>         Le lun. 30 avr. 2018 à 05:53, Gilles Dubreuil
>>>         <gdubreui at redhat.com <mailto:gdubreui at redhat.com>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>             Hi,
>>>
>>>             Remember Boston's Summit presentation [1] about GraphQL
>>>             [2] and how it
>>>             addresses REST limitations.
>>>             I wonder if any project has been thinking about using
>>>             GraphQL. I haven't
>>>             find any mention or pointers about it.
>>>
>>>             GraphQL takes a complete different approach compared to
>>>             REST. So we can
>>>             finally forget about REST API Description languages
>>>             (OpenAPI/Swagger/WSDL/WADL/JSON-API/ETC) and HATEOS (the
>>>             hypermedia
>>>             approach which doesn't describe how to use it).
>>>
>>>             So, once passed the point where 'REST vs GraphQL' is
>>>             like comparing SQL
>>>             and no-SQL DBMS and therefore have different
>>>             applications, there are no
>>>             doubt the complexity of most OpenStack projects are good
>>>             candidates for
>>>             GraphQL.
>>>
>>>             Besides topics such as efficiency, decoupling, no
>>>             version management
>>>             need there many other powerful features such as API
>>>             Schema out of the
>>>             box and better automation down that track.
>>>
>>>             It looks like the dream of a conduit between API
>>>             services and consumers
>>>             might have finally come true so we could move-on an
>>>             worry about other
>>>             things.
>>>
>>>             So has anyone already starting looking into it?
>>>
>>>             [1]
>>>             https://www.openstack.org/videos/boston-2017/building-modern-apis-with-graphql
>>>             [2] http://graphql.org
>>>
>>>
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