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Workday Extend Graph Query API

Operations for querying Workday business objects using the Graph API. Supports flexible field selection and relationship traversal.

Workday Extend Graph Query API is one of 16 APIs that Workday Extend publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Graph Query. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{baseUrl}/api/customObjects/v1/{tenant}.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.workday.com/extend/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Extend Graph Query API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Graph Query 1

Operations for querying Workday business objects using the Graph API. Supports flexible field selection and relationship traversal.

POST
/query
Workday Extend Execute a graph query
executeGraphQuery body → 200400401403

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GraphQueryRequest (4 properties), GraphQueryResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
GraphQueryResponse
object
3 properties
GraphQueryRequest
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-extend-graph-query-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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