EdgeDB · GraphQL Specification

EdgeDB GraphQL API

EdgeDB (rebranded as Gel in 2025) exposes a GraphQL API that automatically reflects your database schema as a full CRUD API. Every object type, computed property, link, and alias defined in your EdgeDB schema is mirrored into the GraphQL schema, providing queries, mutations, and introspection without any manual schema authoring. To enable the GraphQL API, add `using extension graphql;` to your EdgeDB schema and apply a migration.

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Overview

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

EdgeDB (rebranded as Gel in 2025) exposes a GraphQL API that automatically reflects your database schema as a full CRUD API. Every object type, computed property, link, and alias defined in your EdgeDB schema is mirrored into the GraphQL schema, providing queries, mutations, and introspection without any manual schema authoring. To enable the GraphQL API, add using extension graphql; to your EdgeDB schema and apply a migration.

The GraphQL endpoint is available at https://<hostname>:<port>/branch/<branch-name>/graphql. documentation is published at https://docs.geldata.com/reference/using/graphql.

The specification includes 2 reference links.

Tagged areas include Database, PostgreSQL, Graph Database, Object-Relational, and EdgeQL.

Endpoint

`https://:/branch//graphql`

References

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