urql is a GraphQL client library designed for fetching and managing data from a GraphQL API. It provides a system for handling GraphQL data fetching, state management, and integration with React components.
The library is distinguished by a middleware pipeline architecture that allows the request-response flow to be modified through swappable exchanges. This enables the customization of the data layer, including the addition of custom business logic, request deduplication, and specialized fetching behaviors.
The project covers a broad range of capabilities, including normalized caching to ensure data consistency, the execution of mutations, and server-side rendering hydration to prevent duplicate requests during client-side restoration. It also supports integration with React Suspense to delegate loading states to declarative UI handlers.