# API Orchestration with Connectors - Thinking in Entities

DevFeed: [API Orchestration with Connectors - Thinking in Entities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/api-orchestration-with-connectors-thinking-in-entities-23152.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/api-orchestration-with-connectors-thinking-in-entities>)

Author: Michael Watson

Published: 2025-02-12T16:51:19Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [OpenAPI Specification](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openapi.md>), [schema design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/schema-design.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo-connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-connectors.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [openapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openapi.md>), [openapi-specification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openapi-specification.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patterns.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [schema-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema-design.md>), [swagger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swagger.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces API orchestration with Apollo Connectors for REST and explains how to identify entities in existing APIs before exposing them through a connector. It emphasizes using unique identifiers and preserving existing REST API domain definitions when designing the schema.

## Source excerpt

Since we first announced Apollo Connectors for REST at GraphQL Summit 2024, there has been an enormous amount of excitement from the community to dive in. I've been working with dozens of Enterprises on their use cases from breaking apart existing monoliths to integrating multiple production OpenAPI specification endpoints. In my work, there have been some patterns that have emerged and I wanted to start a new blog series that helps share the happy path to building faster.