# Overview - Slash graphql

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/overview-slash-graphql/9837>\
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**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/overview-slash-graphql/9837 "2020-08-28T19:30:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/overview-slash-graphql/9837/1 "2020-08-28T19:30:38Z")

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_These are draft docs for Slash GraphQL, which is currently in beta_

Here is a guide to programatically administering your Slash GraphQL backend.

Wherever possible, we have maintained compatibility with the corresponding Dgraph API, with the additional step of requiring authentication via the ‘X-Auth-Token’ header.

Please see the following topics:

- [Authentication](https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/authentication) will guide you in creating a API token. Since all admin APIs require an auth token, this is a good place to start.
- [Schema](https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/schema) describes how to programatically query and update your GraphQL schema.
- [Import and Exporting Data](https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/import-export) is a guide for exporting your data from a Slash GraphQL backend, and how to import it into another cluster
- [Dropping Data](https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/drop-data) will guide you through dropping all data from your Slash GraphQL backend.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/overview/](https://dgraph.io/docs/slash-graphql/admin/overview/)