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title: "How to Use GraphQL with Vue Apollo Components and Netlify Functions | Netlify"
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Markus Oberlehner demonstrates how he uses [Netlify Functions](https://www.netlify.com/products/functions/) to add a GraphQL backend to his VueJS application.

> …we’ll build a simple example application using Apollo Components which basically are renderless components … for querying a GraphQL backend. Furthermore we’ll set up Netlify Functions to run our GraphQL endpoint.

Read more on Markus’ site 👉 [**How to Use GraphQL with Vue Apollo Components and Netlify Functions**](https://markus.oberlehner.net/blog/how-to-use-graphql-with-vue-apollo-components-and-netlify-functions/)

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-   [Functions](/blog/tags/functions/)
-   [Serverless](/blog/tags/serverless/)
-   [GraphQL](/blog/tags/graphql/)
-   [Vue](/blog/tags/vue/)

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