Why is OData not popular?

Is OData widely used?

If you are a full stack JavaScript developer like me, probably not. This is because OData, developed by Microsoft in 2007, became popular in the enterprise crowd with the likes of Microsoft, SAP, CA, IBM, and Salesforce. The most popular implementations being on .

Is OData outdated?

Back in 2016, I asked Microsoft about the status of OData -- the RESTful API protocol it developed back in 2007 -- because it seemed its initial buzz had tapered off dramatically. I was assured by the company that "both within the standards organizations and the industry, OData is alive and growing."

What is better than OData?

GraphQL is a self-contained and powerful query language, including all the things for querying and implementing the Rest API. So it is more powerful in comparison to OData. GraphQL supports joins relationships, sorting, versioning, pagination from a single request/ response round trip.

Should you use OData?

OData helps you focus on your business logic while building RESTful APIs without having to worry about the various approaches to define request and response headers, status codes, HTTP methods, URL conventions, media types, payload formats, query options, etc.”