# Payload CMS GraphQL API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/graphql-api/  
**Provider:** Payload CMS — https://apis.io/providers/payloadcms/  
**Base URL:** https://{your-domain}/api/graphql  
**Documentation:** https://payloadcms.com/docs/graphql/overview

Payload CMS GraphQL API is one of 3 APIs that [Payload CMS](https://apis.io/providers/payloadcms/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include GraphQL, Collection, Globals, and Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Fully featured GraphQL API exposed at /api/graphql with auto-generated types for all collections and globals. Includes a GraphQL Playground at /api/graphql-playground and supports complexity limiting to prevent abuse.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/graphql/overview
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/payloadcms/refs/heads/main/graphql/payloadcms-graphql.md

## Other Payload CMS APIs (2)

- [Payload CMS REST API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/rest-api/)
- [Payload CMS Local API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/local-api/)

## Tags

GraphQL, Collection, Globals, Authentication

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