Headless Server Developer Manual / Version 2101
Table Of ContentsFor the Headless Server several endpoints are available.
GraphQL
GraphQL is the standard endpoint of the Headless Server and available at /graphql
.
It serves GraphQL requests as specified on graphql.org.
GraphiQL
GraphiQL is a graphical interactive in-browser GraphQL IDE. See the GraphiQL GitHub repository for details.
The GraphiQL endpoint is, by default, enabled for the Headless Server in
preview mode and available at /graphiql
.
Swagger UI
Swagger UI is a tool to visualize and interact with REST resources. More information can be found at https://swagger.io/tools/swagger-ui/.
For the Headless Server, media objects are delivered via REST and can be inspected with Swagger UI.
Swagger UI is only available, if configured. Default, it is enabled for the Headless Server in
preview mode and available at /swagger-ui.html
.
JSON Preview and Preview URL Service
The JSON Preview and corresponding Preview URL Service are only available in Headless Server preview mode and provide a preview integration into CoreMedia Studio. See Section 3.3, “Preview” for details.
Endpoints for JSON Preview and Preview URL Service are /preview
and /previewurl
.
REST
Persisted queries (see Chapter 8, Persisted Queries) may be accessed by simple HTTP GET requests.
As the persisted queries are customizable and freely definable by name, the endpoints are exposed dynamically
relatively to the endpoint /caas/v1/
. See Chapter 9, REST Access to GraphQL
for details.
All endpoints to persisted queries are documented automatically within the Swagger UI.
Site Filter
A site filter restricts the access of GraphQL queries to content objects of one site only. See Chapter 10, Site Filter for details.