Apache SkyWalking

Apache SkyWalking GraphQL Query API

The SkyWalking GraphQL Query API provides a comprehensive query interface for retrieving observability data including traces, metrics, logs, alarms, topology maps, and profiling results. It supports metadata queries (services, instances, endpoints), topology queries, metrics via SkyWalking Metrics Query Expression (MQE), log queries, trace queries, alarm queries, and profiling queries. The API is served on port 12800 and consumed by the native UI and CLI tools.

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: apache-skywalking:apache-skywalking-graphql-query-api
name: Apache SkyWalking GraphQL Query API
description: The SkyWalking GraphQL Query API provides a comprehensive query interface for retrieving
  observability data including traces, metrics, logs, alarms, topology maps, and profiling results. It
  supports metadata queries (services, instances, endpoints), topology queries, metrics via SkyWalking
  Metrics Query Expression (MQE), log queries, trace queries, alarm queries, and profiling queries. The
  API is served on port 12800 and consumed by the native UI and CLI tools.
humanURL: https://github.com/apache/skywalking-query-protocol
tags:
- GraphQL
- Metrics
- Observability
- Tracing
- Logs
- Alarms
- Profiling
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/next/en/api/query-protocol/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/skywalking-query-protocol
- url: graphql/apache-skywalking-graphql.md
  type: GraphQL