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# GraphQL setup

> Generate reference pages for your GraphQL API from a schema definition file, with linked types and example queries, mutations, and responses.

## Add a GraphQL schema

To create pages for your GraphQL API, you need a valid GraphQL schema in SDL (Schema Definition Language) format. Store the schema in your documentation repository or host it at an HTTPS URL that Mintlify can fetch.

```graphql schema.graphql theme={null}
"An object with a stable identifier."
interface Node {
  id: ID!
}

type Organization implements Node {
  id: ID!
  name: String!
}

type Query {
  organization(id: ID!): Organization
}
```

## Auto-populate GraphQL pages

To automatically generate pages for every query, mutation, and type in your schema, add a `graphql` property to a tab or group in your `docs.json`. Mintlify parses the schema and creates a page for each operation and named type.

```json Local file theme={null}
"navigation": {
  "tabs": [
    {
      "tab": "GraphQL API",
      "graphql": "schema.graphql"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json Remote URL theme={null}
"navigation": {
  "tabs": [
    {
      "tab": "GraphQL API",
      "graphql": "https://example.com/schema.graphql"
    }
  ]
}
```

```json Custom directory theme={null}
"navigation": {
  "tabs": [
    {
      "tab": "GraphQL API",
      "graphql": {
        "source": "schema.graphql",
        "directory": "api/graphql"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

The `graphql` property accepts either a string (a local path or HTTPS URL) or an object with the following fields.

> [!NOTE]
>
> You can declare `graphql` only on a [tab](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/organize/navigation.md#tabs) or a [group](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/organize/navigation.md#groups).
>
> A tab with `graphql` may include `groups`, but no other navigation structures, such as `pages`, `versions`, or `languages`.
>
> A group with `graphql` may include `pages`.

**source** `string` *required*

A local path to an SDL file in your documentation repository or an HTTPS URL to a hosted SDL file. Does not accept HTTP URLs.

**directory** `string`

The directory to store generated pages. Defaults to `graphql-reference`.

## Generated pages

Mintlify organizes generated pages into three sections under the tab or group you configured:

* **Queries**: One page per field on your `Query` root type.
* **Mutations**: One page per field on your `Mutation` root type.
* **Types**: One page per named object, input, enum, interface, or union type.

On a tab, the sections appear after any groups you define. On a group, they appear as nested groups after any pages you list.

Each operation page shows the field description, arguments, return type, and links to any referenced types. Query and mutation pages also include a generated example operation, the required variables, and a sample JSON response.

Type pages render the schema definition read-only, with linked field types so readers can navigate the graph.

## Select specific operations and types

To build a curated reference instead of generating every page, list selectors in the `pages` array of a group that declares `graphql`. You can also list them in any group nested under a tab or group that declares `graphql`. Tabs with `graphql` cannot include `pages`, so place selectors in a group inside the tab. Mintlify generates a page only for each selected operation or type.

```json theme={null}
"navigation": {
  "tabs": [
    {
      "tab": "Storefront API",
      "graphql": "storefront.graphql",
      "groups": [
        {
          "group": "Get started",
          "pages": ["introduction"]
        },
        {
          "group": "Cart",
          "pages": [
            "QUERY products",
            "MUTATION cart.createCart",
            "TYPE Cart"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

A selector is a kind followed by a name, separated by a space:

* `QUERY <field>`: A field on your `Query` root type.
* `MUTATION <field>`: A field on your `Mutation` root type.
* `TYPE <name>`: A named object, input, enum, interface, or union type.

Selector kinds must be uppercase. Use a dotted path, such as `MUTATION cart.createCart`, to select an operation nested under a namespace field. `TYPE` selectors do not accept dotted paths.

The sidebar labels a nested operation with its last segment, so `MUTATION cart.createCart` appears as `createCart`. The page URL keeps the full path and ends in `cart/createCart`.

If any page under a tab or group with `graphql` is a selector, Mintlify skips generating the full **Queries**, **Mutations**, and **Types** sections for it. Regular page paths in the same `pages` array work as usual.

In a curated reference, query and mutation pages link only to the type pages that your selectors generate. To link a type referenced by a selected operation, add a `TYPE` selector for that type.

If a selector does not match anything in your schema, the build fails with an error that names the missing operation or type.

## Deprecations

Fields and arguments that you mark with `@deprecated` in your schema display as deprecated on the generated pages. If you provide a deprecation reason, it appears next to the field.

## Update your documentation

Mintlify regenerates GraphQL reference pages when you run `mint dev` or when you push changes to your documentation repository. If your schema is hosted at an HTTPS URL, updates to the schema regenerate on the next build.


## Related topics

- [Migrate from another platform](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/migration/manual.md)
- [GitHub](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/deploy/github.md)
- [Host docs at a subpath](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/deploy/docs-subpath.md)


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