Lighthouse

# Deferred Fields

WARNING

Currently the @defer directive requires Apollo Client in alpha, although there has been talk of merging some pending PRs after the GraphQL Summit which starts today.

Deferring fields allows you to prioritize fetching data needed to render the most important content as fast as possible, and then loading the rest of the page in the background.

Lighthouse's DeferExtension adds support for the experimental @defer directive provided by Apollo which you can read more about here (opens new window).

# Setup

Add the service provider to your config/app.php

'providers' => [
    \Nuwave\Lighthouse\Defer\DeferServiceProvider::class,
],

defer_example (image from https://blog.apollographql.com/introducing-defer-in-apollo-server-f6797c4e9d6e (opens new window))

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