What is GraphQL? GraphQL is an open‑source query language for APIs and a server‑side runtime. It provides a strongly‑typed schema to define relationships between data, making …

Find answers to the most common questions about GraphQL — from getting started to advanced use cases. This also covers frontend concerns and info about the official specification.

GraphQL supports three main operation types—queries, mutations, and subscriptions. We have already seen several examples of basic queries in this guide, and on this page, you’ll learn in …

There are many resources available to help you learn GraphQL, including this website. In our documentation, you’ll find a series of articles that explain essential GraphQL concepts and …

May 30, 2025 · Thanks to funding from the GraphQL Foundation, I’m working on migrating GraphiQL to the Monaco code editor — a long-awaited update that’s been on our roadmap for …

GraphQL allows you to add documentation to the types, fields, and arguments in a schema. In fact, the GraphQL specification encourages you to do this in all cases unless the name of the …

Some articles introduce some of the philosophy developed within Facebook around designing and deploying GraphQL services, while others are more tactical suggestions for solving common …

The GraphQL Foundation’s Composite Schema Working Group, which includes engineers from various organizations across the industry including Apollo GraphQL, ChilliCream, Graphile, …

The reference implementation of the GraphQL specification, designed for running GraphQL in a Node.js environment.

On this page, we’ll explore how clients can subscribe to details of events on a GraphQL server using subscription operations. Many of the features of GraphQL operations that apply to …