# GraphQL Subscriptions

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/streaming/graphql-subscriptions/  
**Provider:** Streaming — https://apis.io/providers/streaming/  
**Documentation:** https://spec.graphql.org/draft/#sec-Subscription

GraphQL Subscriptions is one of 21 APIs that [Streaming](https://apis.io/providers/streaming/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Streaming, GraphQL, and Standard. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The GraphQL operation type for receiving a stream of updates over a long-lived transport (typically WebSocket via the graphql-ws or graphql-transport-ws sub-protocols, or SSE). Used to push schema- defined deltas to clients.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://spec.graphql.org/draft/#sec-Subscription
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/enisdenjo/graphql-ws
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/streaming/refs/heads/main/graphql/streaming-graphql.md

## Other Streaming APIs (12)

- [Apache Kafka](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/apache-kafka/)
- [Apache Pulsar](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/apache-pulsar/)
- [Redpanda](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/redpanda/)
- [NATS JetStream](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/nats-jetstream/)
- [Amazon Kinesis](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/aws-kinesis/)
- [Google Cloud Pub/Sub and Dataflow](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/gcp-pubsub/)
- [Azure Event Hubs](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/azure-event-hubs/)
- [Confluent Cloud](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/confluent-cloud/)
- [StreamNative](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/streamnative/)
- [Server-Sent Events (SSE)](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/server-sent-events/)
- [WebSocket](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/websocket/)
- [gRPC Streaming](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/grpc-streaming/)

## Tags

Streaming, GraphQL, Standard

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