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 # Apollo upload examples
 
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 A full stack demo of file uploads via GraphQL mutations using [Apollo](https://apollographql.com) [GraphQL multipart request spec](https://github.com/jaydenseric/graphql-multipart-request-spec) implementations:
 
 * [Example GraphQL API](api) using [apollo-upload-server](https://github.com/jaydenseric/apollo-upload-server).