# GitHub GraphQL API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github/github-graphql-api/  
**Provider:** GitHub — https://apis.io/providers/github/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com/graphql  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/graphql

GitHub GraphQL API is one of 350 APIs that [GitHub](https://apis.io/providers/github/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include GraphQL and Query Language. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The GitHub GraphQL API provides a flexible query language for accessing GitHub data, allowing clients to request exactly the fields they need in a single request. It supports queries, mutations, and subscriptions across all GitHub resources including repositories, issues, pull requests, users, organizations, and projects, and is the recommended API for new integrations that need precise data fetching.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/graphql
- **Reference** — https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/reference
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/github/refs/heads/main/graphql/github-graphql.md

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## Tags

GraphQL, Query Language

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