# Payload CMS REST API

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

Payload CMS REST 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 REST, Collection, Globals, Authentication, and Media. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Auto-generated RESTful API for managing collections, globals, media uploads, users, and preferences. Mounted at /api/{collection-slug} with full CRUD operations plus authentication endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://payloadcms.com/docs/rest-api/overview
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/payloadcms/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Payload CMS APIs (2)

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

## Tags

REST, Collection, Globals, Authentication, Media

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/payloadcms/rest-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/payloadcms/.