Getting Started

To deliver the large-scale data solutions that Altrata customers leverage every day, we prioritise engaging the right technical resources that best enable our users. That is why Altrata API utilises a GraphQL. GraphQL offers several benefits that streamline working with the Altrata API, as opposed to traditional and more commonly used REST models. Rather than needing to make requests to multiple REST endpoints to get the data that you want, with GraphQL, you will only need to make requests to a singular endpoint. In addition in GraphQL, you will be able to specify the exact data structure and data that you would like returned back to you (as opposed to REST where all data is returned that that belongs to the endpoint). This will significantly reduce the amount of surplus data returned to you and focus primarily on the data you seek. As GraphQL is less common than REST, we have prepared a simple guide that will walk you through GraphQL so that you can get a better understanding of how to use it and start querying our endpoints to get the data that you need.

To learn how to use and query with GraphQL, please go to our dedicated GraphiQL Explorer section.