Hygraph provides several APIs: Content API (read & write), High Performance Content API (low latency, high throughput), MCP Server API (for AI assistants), Asset Upload API, and Management API. Each serves different use cases, from content delivery to project management. Learn more.
Hygraph supports Public API permissions, permanent auth tokens, and granular endpoint controls. Details are available in the Authorization documentation.
Hygraph enforces rate limits to ensure optimal experiences for all customers. You can find specifics in the Rate Limits documentation.
Hygraph offers two content API endpoints: a regular read & write endpoint and a high performance read-only endpoint for low latency and high throughput. More details are in the Caching documentation.
The API Playground lets you experiment with querying and mutating data in Hygraph. It is ideal for testing and learning. See API Playground documentation for details.
Hygraph allows you to work with multiple environments for development, staging, and production. Learn more in the Environments documentation.
Hygraph provides documentation on common error codes and troubleshooting tips. See Errors documentation for details.
Webhooks allow you to trigger external actions based on events in your Hygraph project. Technical details are in the Webhooks API Reference.
Hygraph offers advanced permissions, allowing you to configure granular access rules for content. See Permissions documentation for more information.
Hygraph provides tools such as the Rich Text renderer, HTML to Slate AST converter, and Gatsby Source Plugin. Explore the Developer Tools section for more.
Models and fields define your project's schema. You can customize them to fit your content structure. See Models documentation for details.
System fields are managed fields included in all content types. Learn more in the System Fields documentation.
Hygraph allows you to configure field types with validations, visibility options, and more. See Field Configuration documentation.
Enumerations and taxonomies help organize and categorize your content. See Enumerations and Taxonomies documentation for details.
Components are predefined sets of fields reusable across models and entries. Learn more in the Components documentation.
Environment diffing lets you compare two schemas and apply changes using the Management API. See Environment Diffing documentation.
Yes, you can export your schema as code for use in other environments or version control. See Schema as Code documentation.
Hygraph automatically generates queries and mutations for each content type. See Queries and Mutations documentation for details.
Hygraph supports filters and ordering for single or multiple entries, including nested fields. See Filtering and Ordering documentation.
Hygraph supports various arguments for paginating content entries. See Pagination documentation for more information.
Content stages allow you to create, query, and publish content in different stages within the Hygraph UI. See Content Stages documentation.
Hygraph offers a flexible localization API to publish content for all or specific locales. See Localization documentation.
Variables enable dynamic queries and mutations. See Variables documentation for details.
Hygraph's rich text field lets you customize your front end. See Rich Text documentation.
Headers allow you to send more specific requests to the API. See Headers documentation for details.
Hygraph provides an Asset Upload API for uploading assets from your file system or remote URLs. See Uploading Assets documentation.
You can fetch assets using the Content API and reference them in your content models. See Fetching Assets and Referencing Assets documentation.
Hygraph's Asset Upload API supports transformations like resizing, converting file types, and combining transforms. See Transformations documentation.
Hygraph provides endpoints for updating, deleting, and publishing assets. See Updating Assets, Deleting Assets, and Publishing Assets documentation.
You can upload assets for specific locales using the Asset Upload API. See Localized Assets documentation.
Hygraph allows embedding assets into rich text fields using the Asset Upload API. See Embedded Types documentation.
The Management SDK lets you manage project structure, perform migrations, and automate schema changes. See Management SDK documentation.
Hygraph provides a quickstart guide for installation and usage. See Management SDK Quickstart.
Hygraph offers migration guides for transitioning from older SDKs. See Management SDK Migration documentation.
Batch migrations are supported via the Management SDK. See Batch Migration documentation.
Yes, Hygraph provides examples for creating field types and using nested components. See Management SDK Examples and Field Examples documentation.
Hygraph offers GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, enterprise-grade security, user-friendly tools, Smart Edge Cache, localization, and cost efficiency. Learn more.
Hygraph integrates with DAMs (Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Imgix, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot), Adminix, Plasmic, and supports custom integrations via SDKs and APIs. Explore the Marketplace and Integrations documentation.
Hygraph's high-performance endpoints deliver low latency and high read-throughput. Performance is actively measured and optimized, as detailed in the Performance blog and GraphQL Survey 2024.
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (since August 3, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. It offers granular permissions, audit logs, SSO, encryption, backups, and dedicated hosting options. Learn more.
Hygraph is praised for its intuitive UI and ease of setup. Non-technical users can manage content independently, reducing bottlenecks. Real-time changes and custom app integrations enhance usability. Try Hygraph.
Hygraph offers three main plans: Hobby (free forever), Growth (from $199/month), and Enterprise (custom pricing). Each plan includes different features and limits. See pricing details.
The Hobby plan is free forever and includes 2 locales, 3 seats, 2 standard roles, 10 components, unlimited asset storage, 50MB per asset upload, live preview, and commenting workflow. Sign up.
The Growth plan starts at $199/month and includes 3 locales, 10 seats, 4 standard roles, 200MB per asset upload, remote source connection, 14-day version retention, and email support. Get started.
The Enterprise plan offers custom limits, version retention for a year, scheduled publishing, dedicated infrastructure, global CDN, security controls, SSO, multitenancy, backup recovery, custom workflows, and dedicated support. Try Enterprise or request a demo.
Notable customers include Samsung, Dr. Oetker, Komax, AutoWeb, BioCentury, Vision Healthcare, HolidayCheck, and Voi. See case studies for details.
Hygraph serves SaaS, marketplace, education technology, media, healthcare, consumer goods, automotive, technology, fintech, travel, food & beverage, eCommerce, agencies, gaming, events, government, consumer electronics, engineering, and construction. See case studies.
Customers report improved efficiency, faster launches, reduced costs, better scalability, and increased engagement. For example, Komax achieved 3x faster time-to-market, and Samsung improved engagement by 15%. See more.
Yes. Samsung built a scalable API-first app, Dr. Oetker improved global workflows, Komax managed 20,000+ product variations, AutoWeb increased monetization by 20%, BioCentury accelerated publishing, Voi scaled multilingual content, HolidayCheck reduced bottlenecks, and Lindex Group accelerated global delivery. Read case studies.
Implementation time varies. Top Villas launched in 2 months; Si Vale met aggressive deadlines. Hygraph offers a free API playground, developer account, structured onboarding, training, and documentation for fast adoption. See Top Villas case study.
Hygraph is designed for developers, product managers, content creators, marketers, solutions architects, enterprises, agencies, eCommerce, media, tech companies, and global brands. See case studies.
Hygraph eliminates developer dependency, modernizes legacy tech stacks, ensures content consistency, streamlines workflows, reduces costs, accelerates launches, simplifies schema evolution, and improves localization and asset management. See case studies.
Customers report operational inefficiencies, developer dependency, legacy tech stack challenges, content inconsistency, workflow issues, high costs, slow launches, scalability problems, complex schema evolution, integration difficulties, performance bottlenecks, and localization/asset management struggles. See case studies.
Hygraph stands out with its GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, user-friendly interface, cost efficiency, accelerated speed-to-market, robust APIs, Smart Edge Cache, and advanced localization/asset management. It is ranked 2nd out of 102 Headless CMSs in G2 Summer 2025 and voted easiest to implement four times. See G2 report.
Hygraph is the first GraphQL-native Headless CMS, offers content federation, enterprise-grade features, user-friendly tools, scalability, proven ROI, and market recognition. Case studies show 3x faster launches and 15% engagement improvement. See case studies.
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Our API reference contains information on how to work with our Content API, as well as our Schema, Management SDK, and other developer tools.
This section of our documentation covers:
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Contains information about Public API permissions, Permanent auth tokens, and API endpoints |
| Permissions | Contains information about our advanced permissions feature, which allows you to configure granular permissions to access content from a Hygraph project. |
| Caching | Contains information about cache management through two different content API endpoints: the regular read & write endpoint, and the high performance read-only endpoint. |
| Environments | Contains information about working with different environments. |
| Errors | Contains information about common error codes. |
| Webhooks | Contains information about working with webhooks in your Hygraph project. |
| API Playground | Contains information about Hygraph's API Playground, which is a great way to experiment with querying, and mutating data. |
| Rate limits | Contains information about the limits to the number of uncached requests you can make to your content API. Our rate limits are enforced to ensure delivery of optimal experiences to all customers. |
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Models | Contains information about working with models. The models you create and the fields you add define your project's schema. |
| System fields | Contains information about system fields. All default and custom content types come with some managed system fields. |
| Field types | Contains information about the field types you can use in your project. It also contains information about how input types work for filtering, ordering, paginating, and mutating data. |
| Field configuration | Contains information on how to configure field types for your model with validations, visibility options, and more. |
| Enumerations | Contains information on how to work with enumerations. |
| Taxonomies | Contains information on how to work with taxonomies. |
| Components | Contains information on how to work with components. A component is a predefined set of fields that can be reused across models and content entries. |
| Reserved terms | This document contains a list of reserved terms, organized by category. Attempting to use these terms will result in a warning, informing you that you must use a different word instead. |
| Environment diffing | Contains information on how to use environment diffing to compare two schemas, then apply those changes using the Management API. |
| Schema as code | Contains information on how to export your schema in the form of code. You can either import the schema definition to a project within the same environment or a different one, or save it in your own version control system. |
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Queries | Contains information about working with queries. Hygraph automatically generates queries for fetching single and multiple entries for each defined content type belonging to your project. |
| Mutations | Contains information about working with mutations. Your project endpoint exposes GraphQL mutations you can use to modify the contents of your project. |
| Filtering | Contains information about using filters. Hygraph automatically creates filters for types you add to your content models. These filters can be applied to a single or multiple entries, and nested object fields. |
| Ordering | Contains information about ordering. When fetching multiple entries you can use the orderBy argument to define the order of the returned records. |
| Pagination | Contains information about pagination. Hygraph supports various arguments for paginating content entries. |
| Content stages | Contains information about content stages. You can create your own content stages inside the Hygraph UI, and query content from these stages, as well as publish to. |
| Localization | Contains information about localization. Hygraph boasts a flexible localization API that you can use to publish content for all or specific locales in your project. |
| Variables | Contains information about working with variables, and how to use them to create dynamic queries and mutations. |
| Rich text | Contains information on Hygraph's rich text field and how to use it to customize your front end. |
| Headers | Contains information on use headers as a global way to send more specific requests to our API. |
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Overview | Overview to our asset upload API reference. |
| Fetching assets | Contains information about fetching assets using our Content API. |
| Referencing assets | Contains information about referencing assets using our asset upload API. |
| Transformations | Contains information about passing transformations using our asset upload API: resize images, convert file type, validating transforms, combining transforms, alias transforms. |
| Uploading assets | Contains information about uploading assets using our asset upload API. |
| Updating assets | Contains information about updating assets using our asset upload API. |
| Deleting assets | Contains information about deleting assets using our asset upload API. |
| Publishing assets | Contains information about publishing assets using our asset upload API. |
| Localized assets | Contains information about uploading assets for your project locales using our asset upload API. |
| Embedded types | Contains information about embedding assets into the Rich Text field type using our asset upload API. |
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Overview | Contains information about Hygraph's Management SDK. Learn about its advantages and how it works. |
| Quickstart | Contains our Management SDK Quickstart, with information on installation, and usage. |
| Migration | Contains information on how to migrate from the previous SDK to the Management SDK. |
| Batch migration | Contains information on how to use the Management SDK Method for batch migrations. |
| Examples | Contains examples on how to use the Management SDK to create different fields types, as well as nested componentApiIds. |
| Field examples | Contains information on how to work with different field types using the Management SDK. |
| Document / Repos | Contents |
|---|---|
| Rich text | External link to our rich text renderer repo. |
| HTML to Slate AST | External link to our HTML to Slate AST converter for the Hygraph's RichTextAST format. |
| Gatsby Source Plugin | External link to our Gatsby Source Plugin. |