GraphQL

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with existing data. Developed by Facebook in 2012 and open-sourced in 2015, GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in an API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need, and enables powerful developer tools. It is maintained by the GraphQL Foundation under the Linux Foundation.

GraphQL is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Data Fetching, GraphQL, Query Language, and Specification.

The GraphQL catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

GraphQL’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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14.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Front door AI 4/6 moderate Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

0 APIs

Data FetchingGraphQL Query Language Specification

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 14.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 2.3 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 3.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GraphQL

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

Specification

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Graphql Context

0 classes · 22 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

GraphQL — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

GraphQL Error

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GraphQL Introspection Response

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GraphQL Request

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GraphQL Response

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Graphql Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: graphql
name: GraphQL
description: GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with existing data. Developed
  by Facebook in 2012 and open-sourced in 2015, GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in
  an API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need, and enables powerful developer tools. It is maintained
  by the GraphQL Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/graphql.png
url: https://graphql.org/
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-03-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
x-docs-platform: nextra
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Data Fetching
- GraphQL
- Query Language
- Specification
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.graphql.org/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/graphql-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/graphql
- type: Portal
  url: https://graphql.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://graphql.org/learn/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://graphql.org/learn/
- type: Blog
  url: https://graphql.org/blog/
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/graphql-request.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/graphql-response.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/graphql-error.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/graphql-introspection.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/graphql-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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