monday.com API

Overview

The monday.com API (Application Programming Interface) offers developers a method to interact programmatically with the monday.com work management platform. This GraphQL-based API allows for the creation, reading, updating, and deletion of data across various monday.com entities, including boards, items, users, and workspaces. The API is designed for scenarios requiring custom workflow automation, integration with other business applications, and the extension of monday.com's core functionalities.

Developers can utilize the API to synchronize data between monday.com and external systems, such as CRM platforms, ERP software, or custom internal tools. This enables centralized data management and reduces manual data entry. For example, a development team might use the API to automatically create new monday.com items based on issues logged in a bug tracking system, or to update task statuses in monday.com when code merges occur in a version control system. The API also facilitates the extraction of data for custom reporting and analytics, allowing organizations to build dashboards tailored to their specific key performance indicators (KPIs).

The choice of GraphQL for the API provides flexibility in data querying, allowing clients to request only the data they need, which can optimize network usage and response times compared to traditional REST APIs. This approach is increasingly adopted by platforms that require granular control over data payloads, as noted by industry publications discussing API design trends comparing REST and GraphQL. monday.com provides comprehensive documentation, including an interactive API playground, to assist developers in exploring and testing API calls developer.monday.com/api-and-sdks/v2/docs.

The API is suitable for technical buyers and developers who need to customize monday.com beyond its out-of-the-box capabilities. This includes system integrators, in-house development teams, and independent software vendors (ISVs) building applications that extend or complement monday.com. Use cases range from simple task automation to complex data orchestration across multiple enterprise systems.

Key features

• GraphQL API: Provides a flexible query language for requesting specific data, enabling efficient data fetching and reducing over-fetching or under-fetching of resources monday.com API Reference.
• Board and Item Management: Programmatically create, update, and delete boards, items (tasks), and sub-items, including managing column values and item subscriptions.
• User and Team Management: Access and manage user information, teams, and permissions within the monday.com platform.
• Workspace Control: Interact with workspaces to organize boards and teams, facilitating multi-departmental or multi-project management.
• Webhooks: Configure webhooks to receive real-time notifications about events occurring within monday.com, such as item creation, updates, or status changes monday.com Webhooks Documentation.
• File Upload and Download: Manage files attached to items or updates, allowing for programmatic handling of documents and media.
• SDKs for JavaScript and Python: Official SDKs simplify interaction with the API by providing pre-built functions and handling authentication, available for popular programming languages.
• Authentication Methods: Supports API key-based authentication for secure access to platform data.

Pricing

monday.com offers a free individual plan and several paid tiers, with pricing typically structured per user per month when billed annually.

Pricing as of May 2026. For the most current pricing details, refer to the official monday.com pricing page.

Common integrations

• CRM Systems: Synchronize customer data, sales leads, and deal statuses between monday.com and platforms like Salesforce or HubSpot to manage workflows related to sales and customer success.
• Development Tools: Connect with version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) or issue trackers (e.g., Jira) to automate task creation, status updates, and bug reporting based on code commits or issue changes monday.com Integrations Guide.
• Marketing Automation Platforms: Link with tools like Mailchimp or Marketo to manage campaign workflows, track marketing assets, and automate content approvals.
• Communication Platforms: Integrate with Slack or Microsoft Teams to send automated notifications or create tasks directly from chat conversations.
• Reporting and Analytics Tools: Extract monday.com data to Business Intelligence (BI) platforms like Tableau or Power BI for custom reporting and advanced data visualization.
• Data Warehouses: Push monday.com data into data warehouses (e.g., Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift) for long-term storage and complex analytical queries.

Alternatives

• Asana API: Offers a RESTful API for managing tasks, projects, and portfolios, suitable for similar work management and collaboration use cases.
• Jira Cloud Platform: Provides a comprehensive REST API for issue and project tracking, commonly used by software development teams.
• ClickUp API: Features a REST API for managing tasks, lists, and projects, with extensive customization options for different workflows.

Getting started

To get started with the monday.com API, you'll typically need to obtain an API token from your monday.com account. The following example demonstrates a basic GraphQL query using Python to fetch all boards in your account.

import requests
import json

# Replace with your actual monday.com API v2 token
API_TOKEN = "YOUR_MONDAY_API_TOKEN"
API_URL = "https://api.monday.com/v2"

headers = {
    "Authorization": API_TOKEN,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "API-version": "2023-10"
}

query = '''
query {
  boards {
    id
    name
    description
  }
}
'''

data = {'query': query}

try:
    response = requests.post(API_URL, headers=headers, json=data)
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for HTTP errors
    result = response.json()

    if 'errors' in result:
        print("API Errors:")
        for error in result['errors']:
            print(f"- {error['message']}")
    else:
        boards = result['data']['boards']
        if boards:
            print("Boards in your monday.com account:")
            for board in boards:
                print(f"  ID: {board['id']}, Name: {board['name']}")
        else:
            print("No boards found.")

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Request failed: {e}")
except json.JSONDecodeError:
    print(f"Failed to decode JSON response: {response.text}")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")

This Python script uses the requests library to send a POST request to the monday.com GraphQL endpoint. It queries for the id, name, and description of all boards accessible with the provided API token. Remember to replace "YOUR_MONDAY_API_TOKEN" with your actual API key, which can be generated in your monday.com account settings under the Developers section monday.com Authentication Guide.