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3232The 1.0.x branch of this repository contains a Spring MVC
3333{github-10x-branch}/samples/webmvc-http[HTTP sample] application.
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35+ [[server.transports.http.fileupload]]
36+ === File Upload
37+
38+ As a protocol GraphQL focuses on the exchange of textual data. This doesn't include binary
39+ data such as images, but there is a separate, informal
40+ https://github.com/jaydenseric/graphql-multipart-request-spec[graphql-multipart-request-spec]
41+ that allows file uploads with GraphQL over HTTP.
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43+ Spring for GraphQL does not support the `graphql-multipart-request-spec` directly.
44+ While the spec does provide the benefit of a unified GraphQL API, the actual experince has
45+ led to a number of issues, and best practice recommendations have evolved, see
46+ https://www.apollographql.com/blog/backend/file-uploads/file-upload-best-practices/[Apollo Server File Upload Best Practices]
47+ for a more detailed discussion.
48+
49+ If you would like to use `graphql-multipart-request-spec` in your application, you can
50+ do so through the library
51+ https://github.com/nkonev/multipart-spring-graphql[multipart-spring-graphql].
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3754[[server.transports.websocket]]
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