---
title: GitHub GraphQL API documentation
intro: 'To create integrations, retrieve data, and automate your workflows, use the {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} GraphQL API. The {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} GraphQL API offers more precise and flexible queries than the {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} REST API.'
shortTitle: GraphQL API
introLinks:
  overview: /graphql/overview/about-the-graphql-api
featuredLinks:
  startHere:
    - /graphql/guides/forming-calls-with-graphql
    - /graphql/guides/introduction-to-graphql
    - /graphql/guides/using-the-explorer
  popular:
    - /graphql/overview/explorer
    - /graphql/overview/public-schema
    - /graphql/overview/schema-previews
    - /graphql/guides/using-pagination-in-the-graphql-api
  guideCards:
    - /graphql/guides/migrating-from-rest-to-graphql
    - /graphql/guides/managing-enterprise-accounts
    - /graphql/guides/using-global-node-ids
changelog:
  label: 'api, apis'
layout: product-landing
redirect_from:
  - /v4
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghec: '*'
  ghes: '*'
children:
  - /overview
  - /reference
  - /guides
---