# Simplify Your REST API Logic in React with Connectors for REST APIs and GraphQL

DevFeed: [Simplify Your REST API Logic in React with Connectors for REST APIs and GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/simplify-your-rest-api-logic-in-react-with-connectors-for-rest-apis-and-graphql-23521.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/simplify-your-rest-api-logic-in-react-with-connectors-for-rest-apis-and-graphql>)

Author: Amanda Martin

Published: 2025-05-28T16:41:05Z

Content type: tutorial

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>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>)

Tags: [apollo-connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-connectors.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [rest-apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-apis.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to replace repetitive REST API fetch orchestration in a React or Next.js application with a GraphQL layer powered by Apollo Connectors. It demonstrates defining a schema that combines earthquake and location data from REST services without custom resolvers or backend logic.

## Source excerpt

If you've built a React or Next.js app that talks to multiple REST APIs, you've probably got a file like actions.ts set up as a central spot for fetch calls to public services like the USGS Earthquake API or Nominatim's reverse geocoder. It works, but the code often ends up repetitive, brittle, and difficult to maintain or scale when different endpoints need to talk to each other.