Grafbase March 2023 Update
Tags: graphql, api, database, webdev
Published: 2023-04-03 11:30:43

Hey!

We are thrilled to share with you all of the latest product updates, resources, and a preview of what we’re working on next. 

Let’s get right into it…

### Product Updates

March has been an exciting month packed with feature updates, new resources, and preparing for Launch Week in a couple weeks!

![Houdini GraphQL](https://grafbase.com/images/og/houdini.png)

- [GraphQL Live Queries with Houdini](https://grafbase.com/changelog/graphql-live-queries-with-houdini)

Build realtime applications faster than ever using GraphQL Live Queries and Houdini GraphQL. Houdini’s Live Queries plugin was the topic of March’s Twitter Space where maintainers Alec and Jean-Yves talked about the process of adding support for Live Queries and what’s ahead for Houdini GraphQL with React.

![Pipedream Integration](https://grafbase.com/images/changelog/pipedream-integration.png)

- [Pipedream Integration](https://grafbase.com/changelog/pipedream-integration)

Build and run event-driven workflows using the Grafbase API. Use thousands of triggers and actions across thousands of apps. 

![Project Usage](https://grafbase.com/images/changelog/project-usage.png)

- [Project Usage](https://grafbase.com/changelog/project-usage)

Track usage in the dashboard by viewing metrics around API requests and database units with read, write, and storage. Track these metrics in real-time, and by projects that belong to organizations.

### Resource Updates

There were lots of existing updates to the resources helping you build with Grafbase, including videos, guides, and documentation improvements.

- [**[Guide]: Getting started with SvelteKit, Houdini and Grafbase**](https://grafbase.com/guides/getting-started-with-sveltekit-houdini-and-grafbase)

Setup a SvelteKit application with Houdini GraphQL to automatically add types for fragments, mutations, or queries.

- [**[Guide]: Working with SvelteKit, Houdini and GraphQL Live Queries**](https://grafbase.com/guides/working-with-sveltekit-houdini-and-graphql-live-queries)

Learn how to add Live Queries with the Houdini GraphQL library in a SvelteKit application.

- [**[Guide]: Working with Apollo Client and Relay style pagination**](https://grafbase.com/guides/working-with-apollo-client-relay-style-pagination)

Grafbase exposes a Relay-style pagination API that can be used with other client libraries.

- [**[Guide]: Working cross-platform with Kotlin, GraphQL, and Grafbase**](https://grafbase.com/guides/working-cross-platform-with-kotlin-and-graphql)

Use Kotlin as a cross-platform layer when building native applications for web, mobile, and desktop.

- [**[Guide]: Using Auth0 as your Identity Provider with Grafbase**](https://grafbase.com/guides/using-auth0-as-your-identity-provider-with-grafbase)

Add Auth0 to a frontend application for adaptable authentication and authorization patterns, with Grafbase Identity Provider for requests.

- [**[Docs]: Embedded videos to Quickstart documentation**](https://grafbase.com/docs/quickstart/get-started)

We’ve added videos to follow along with our Quickstart guide!

### What’s next?

We’re working on lots of new features, including search, data explorer, CLI deploys, edge caching, resolvers, owner-based auth, and an OpenAPI connector. 

Launch week is April 17 - 21, be on the look out for public beta announcements in April!

![Launch Week](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/05gpr6n2xe2kavi4f0q4.png)

[Check out the announcement on Twitter](https://twitter.com/grafbase/status/1640439800338456586)

PS. If you like what we’re building we’d love to hear more about what you think. Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/grafbase), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/grafbase), [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@grafbase), and [GitHub](http://github.com/grafbase).