Request Only Needed Fields

Avoid over-fetching by requesting only the fields you actually need.

Anti-Pattern

# BAD: Fetching all fields when you only need a few
query GetAtoms {
  atoms(limit: 10) {
    term_id
    data
    label
    image
    emoji
    type
    wallet_id
    block_number
    created_at
    transaction_hash
    creator_id
    creator {
      id
      label
      image
      atom_id
      type
    }
    # ... many more fields you don't need
  }
}

Best Practice

# GOOD: Request only what you need
query GetAtoms {
  atoms(limit: 10) {
    term_id
    label
    image
  }
}

Benefits

1. Faster queries: Less data to fetch and serialize
2. Reduced bandwidth: Smaller response payloads
3. Lower memory usage: Less data to process client-side
4. Better caching: Smaller cache footprints

Tips

• Start minimal and add fields as needed
• Remove unused fields from queries
• Use fragments for commonly requested field sets
• Profile queries to identify over-fetching