# Our Journey to Apollo Connectors

DevFeed: [Our Journey to Apollo Connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/our-journey-to-apollo-connectors-23478.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/our-journey-to-apollo-connectors>)

Author: Lenny Burdette

Published: 2025-02-19T08:40:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Apollo Connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-connectors.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [GraphOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphos.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [apollo-connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-connectors.md>), [apollo-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-federation.md>), [connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectors.md>), [declarative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/declarative.md>), [graphos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphos.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo describes the development of Apollo Connectors and the architectural ideas behind extending GraphQL's declarative approach to existing APIs. The article explains how Connectors work with Apollo Federation and GraphOS Router to orchestrate requests and reflects on an earlier Federation use case involving distributed systems.

## Source excerpt

At Apollo, we've always envisioned a world where APIs are truly declarative--from the client to the schema, all the way through to implementation. A world where orchestrating your data and services isn't just powerful, but also easier to develop and maintain. With the general availability of Apollo Connectors, that vision is now a reality. One of GraphQL's key strengths is its declarative nature.