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Yes. I was skeptical at first. Why add another method? This explains why.



GraphQL reads are like that. You POST a query with the content inside the request body. This would be a nicer verb for it.


OData provides GraphQL functionality but using GET + URL parameters, for large queries it's really hard to read or edit. Using the request body makes sense for readability, so OData also offers the option to query with POST + request body.




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