# AniList GraphQL API v2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/anilist/anilist-graphql-api-v2/  
**Provider:** AniList — https://apis.io/providers/anilist/  
**Base URL:** https://graphql.anilist.co  
**Documentation:** https://docs.anilist.co/

AniList GraphQL API v2 is one of 3 APIs that [AniList](https://apis.io/providers/anilist/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include GraphQL, Anime, Manga, Media, and Social. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

The AniList GraphQL API v2 is the primary public developer interface for AniList.co. It exposes anime, manga, character, staff, studio, user, activity, review, recommendation, thread, comment, notification, and airing schedule data through a single endpoint at https://graphql.anilist.co. All requests are POSTs carrying a query and optional variables payload. Mutations require an OAuth2 access token. The schema includes 25+ root Query fields (Page, Media, MediaTrend, AiringSchedule, Character, Staff, MediaList, MediaListCollection, GenreCollection, MediaTagCollection, User, Viewer, Notification, Studio, Review, Activity, ActivityReply, Following, Follower, Thread, ThreadComment, Recommendation, Like, Markdown, AniChartUser, SiteStatistics, ExternalLinkSourceCollection) and 30+ root Mutation fields (UpdateUser, SaveMediaListEntry, UpdateMediaListEntries, DeleteMediaListEntry, DeleteCustomList, SaveTextActivity, SaveMessageActivity, SaveListActivity, DeleteActivity, ToggleActivityPin, ToggleActivitySubscription, SaveActivityReply, DeleteActivityReply, ToggleLike, ToggleLikeV2, ToggleFollow, ToggleFavourite, UpdateFavouriteOrder, SaveReview, DeleteReview, RateReview, SaveRecommendation, SaveThread, DeleteThread, ToggleThreadSubscription, SaveThreadComment, DeleteThreadComment, UpdateAniChartSettings, UpdateAniChartHighlights).

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.anilist.co/
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.anilist.co/guide/introduction
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.anilist.co/guide/graphql/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.anilist.co/reference/
- **Authentication** — https://docs.anilist.co/guide/auth/
- **RateLimits** — https://docs.anilist.co/guide/rate-limiting
- **Sandbox** — https://studio.apollographql.com/sandbox/explorer?endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fgraphql.anilist.co
- **Console** — https://anilist.co/settings/developer
- **ErrorCodes** — https://docs.anilist.co/guide/graphql/errors
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anilist/refs/heads/main/graphql/anilist-graphql.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anilist/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other AniList APIs (2)

- [AniList GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/anilist/anilist-graphql-api/)
- [AniList OAuth2 API](https://apis.io/apis/anilist/anilist-oauth2-api/)

## Tags

GraphQL, Anime, Manga, Media, Social

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