# GraphQL

Frends offers seamless integration with [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/), allowing you to easily connect to and automate data flows involving GraphQL APIs for precise, efficient data querying. Frends provides tasks for performing core GraphQL operations. By leveraging Frends' task-based approach, you can configure and customize GraphQL integrations to match your exact data needs. Frends supports a wide range of integrations to various systems and protocols, making GraphQL part of a larger automation strategy.

## Use cases

Below you will find typical use cases for GraphQL integrations and how they are implemented in Frends.

### Fetching specific data from APIs

Use Frends tasks to perform GraphQL queries that fetch exactly the data you need—nothing more, nothing less—reducing payload size and improving API efficiency.

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