Date of Award
2024
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Master's Paper
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
College
Engineering
Faculty Advisor
Denton, Anne
Description
To develop applications that support a variety of campus needs, North Dakota State University's Enterprise Application Development team requires a method of accessing North Dakota State University System data related to university students, faculty, and staff. As state requirements limit direct access to this data, and conventional API access methods are not well-suited to application use cases, this paper will explore how the data is acquired, stored, and then made accessible to individual applications using GraphQL. A single application, Graduate Waiver Wire, is presented as a use case depicting how GraphQL aids in the automatic data update process, freeing the time previously spent by Graduate School personnel in manually updating graduate student information.
Recommended Citation
Nygard, Dan, "Task-Relevant API Development for Higher Education Using GraphQL" (2024). Computer Science. 398.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/computer-sci/398
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33891