# Payload

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/payload/  
**Provider:** Payload CMS — https://apis.io/providers/payloadcms/  
**Base URL:** https://payloadcms.com/api  
**Documentation:** https://payloadcms.com/

Payload is one of 8 APIs that [Payload CMS](https://apis.io/providers/payloadcms/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CMS, Content, Headless, REST, and GraphQL. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, authentication docs, and pricing.

Payload is a TypeScript-first headless CMS and application framework that automatically generates REST, GraphQL, and Local APIs from collection schemas, with built-in authentication, access control, and a Next.js admin panel.

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **Documentation** — https://payloadcms.com/docs
- **REST API** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/rest-api/overview
- **GraphQL API** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/graphql/overview
- **Local API** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/local-api/overview
- **Authentication** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/overview
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/payloadcms/payload
- **Pricing** — https://payloadcms.com/cloud-pricing
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/payloadcms/refs/heads/main/graphql/payload-graphql.md

## Other Payload CMS APIs (7)

- [Payload CMS REST API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/rest-api/)
- [Payload CMS GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/graphql-api/)
- [Payload CMS Local API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/local-api/)
- [Payload Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/payload-authentication-api/)
- [Payload Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/payload-collections-api/)
- [Payload Globals API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/payload-globals-api/)
- [Payload Preferences API](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/payload-preferences-api/)

## Tags

CMS, Content, Headless, REST, GraphQL, TypeScript

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