dbt · GraphQL Specification

dbt GraphQL API

Every time dbt Cloud runs a project, it generates and stores information about the project. The Discovery API exposes that metadata including details about models, sources, exposures, and execution results so teams can understand and govern their DAG.

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Overview

dbt GraphQL API is a GraphQL API specification published by dbt on the APIs.io network.

Every time dbt Cloud runs a project, it generates and stores information about the project. The Discovery API exposes that metadata including details about models, sources, exposures, and execution results so teams can understand and govern their DAG.

The GraphQL endpoint is available at https://metadata.cloud.getdbt.com/graphql. documentation is published at https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/discovery-api.

The specification includes 2 reference links.

Tagged areas include Analytics Engineering, Data, ELT, Metrics, and Project.

Endpoint

https://metadata.cloud.getdbt.com/graphql

References

Related API Specs

dbt Accounts API (OpenAPI) dbt Environments API (OpenAPI) dbt Jobs API (OpenAPI) dbt Metadata API (OpenAPI) dbt Metrics API (OpenAPI) dbt Projects API (OpenAPI) dbt Runs API (OpenAPI)
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