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description: This page contains the commands available in the stardog graphql command group.
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# `graphql`

Stardog supports querying data stored (or mapped) in a Stardog database using GraphQL queries. You can load data into Stardog as usual and execute GraphQL queries without creating a GraphQL schema. Read more about using [GraphQL](../../query-stardog/graphql) to query data.


Select any of the commands to view their manual page.

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| [`graphql execute`](./graphql-execute) | Executes a GraphQL query. |
| [`graphql explain`](./graphql-explain) | Explains a GraphQL query. The output shows the SPARQL translation and the query plan for the SPARQL query. |
| [`graphql schema`](./graphql-schema) | List, get, add or remove GraphQL schemas. The default action is listing existing schemas. |

