GitHub GraphQL API documentation

To create integrations, retrieve data, and automate your workflows, use the GitHub GraphQL API. The GitHub GraphQL API offers more precise and flexible queries than the GitHub REST API.

Overview Quickstart

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About the GraphQL API

The GitHub GraphQL API offers flexibility and the ability to define precisely the data you want to fetch.

Introduction to GraphQL

Learn useful terminology and concepts for using the GitHub GraphQL API.

Forming calls with GraphQL

Learn how to authenticate to the GraphQL API, then learn how to create and run queries and mutations.

Articles

Get started and make API calls

About the GraphQL API

The GitHub GraphQL API offers flexibility and the ability to define precisely the data you want to fetch.
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Actions

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Actions category.
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Activity

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Activity category.
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Branches

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Branches category.
Understand API changes and limits

Breaking changes

Learn about recent and upcoming breaking changes to the GitHub GraphQL API.
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Checks

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Checks category.
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Commits

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Commits category.
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Copilot

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Copilot category.
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Dependabot

Reference documentation for GraphQL schema types in the Dependabot category.
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