What is a .GraphQL file?
A GraphQL file defines an API’s query schema. Created by Facebook.
- Did you know
- Facebook developed GraphQL internally in 2012 and released it publicly in 2015.
- GraphQL was developed inside Facebook to build its native News Feed and shipped into production in 2012, three years before its public release.
- Governance of GraphQL moved in 2018 to the GraphQL Foundation under the Linux Foundation, with members including GitHub, Shopify and Twitter.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read metadata from developer and data files: JWT tokens (header + claims + expiry), WebAssembly, Java class files, NumPy/Safetensors/GGUF model files, source maps, SQL dumps, Visual Studio/.NET projects, Terraform, Protobuf, GraphQL, SARIF, Python bytecode, and Apple property lists (XML + binary). Jupyter notebooks (IPYNB) and HAR captures now open in a full viewer - see Notebooks & data above.
- Depth of analysis
- .GraphQL is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .GraphQL file
- Drag a .GraphQL file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.