Directus GraphQL API

Auto-generated GraphQL API that mirrors the REST API surface, providing strongly-typed queries and mutations for all collections and system endpoints. Supports nested relational queries, filtering, sorting, aggregation, and subscriptions via WebSockets. The schema is dynamically generated from the connected SQL database.

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aid: directus:graphql-api
name: Directus GraphQL API
description: Auto-generated GraphQL API that mirrors the REST API surface, providing strongly-typed queries
  and mutations for all collections and system endpoints. Supports nested relational queries, filtering,
  sorting, aggregation, and subscriptions via WebSockets. The schema is dynamically generated from the
  connected SQL database.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://directus.com/docs/graphql
tags:
- GraphQL
- Query
- Mutations
- Subscription
- Real-Time
tags_raw:
- GraphQL
- Queries
- Mutations
- Subscriptions
- Real-Time
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://directus.com/docs/graphql
- type: GraphQL
  url: graphql/directus-graphql.md
- type: GraphQLSchema
  url: graphql/directus-schema.graphql