# Decap CMS Git Backend API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/decap/decap-cms-api/  
**Provider:** Decap CMS — https://apis.io/providers/decap/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com  
**Documentation:** https://decapcms.org/docs/intro/

Decap CMS Git Backend API is published by [Decap CMS](https://apis.io/providers/decap/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Content Management, Git Backend, Editorial Workflow, and Media Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, authentication docs, and a changelog.

Decap CMS communicates with Git hosting providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure, Gitea) through their REST and GraphQL APIs to read, create, update, and delete content entries, manage media file uploads, and orchestrate editorial workflows. The Decap client library wraps these provider APIs; there is no standalone Decap REST API server — all operations pass through the configured backend. Decap Turbo augments this with a database proxy that caches content and reduces direct Git API round-trips for improved performance and reduced rate-limit exposure.

## Machine-readable artifacts (13)

- **Documentation** — https://decapcms.org/docs/intro/
- **BackendsOverview** — https://decapcms.org/docs/backends-overview/
- **GitHubBackend** — https://decapcms.org/docs/github-backend/
- **GitLabBackend** — https://decapcms.org/docs/gitlab-backend/
- **GitGatewayBackend** — https://decapcms.org/docs/git-gateway-backend/
- **Collections** — https://decapcms.org/docs/collection-types/
- **Widgets** — https://decapcms.org/docs/widgets/
- **EditorialWorkflow** — https://decapcms.org/docs/configuration-options/#publish-mode
- **MediaLibrary** — https://decapcms.org/docs/media-library/
- **Authentication** — https://decapcms.org/docs/authentication-backends/
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/releases
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/decap/refs/heads/main/graphql/decap-graphql.md
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/decap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Content Management, Git Backend, Editorial Workflow, Media Management

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