The Graph Network
Getting historical data on a smart contract can be frustrating when building a dapp. The Graph (opens in a new tab) provides an easy way to query smart contract data through APIs known as subgraphs. The Graph's infrastructure relies on a decentralized network of Indexers, enabling your dapp to become truly decentralized.
With The Graph, you can benefit from:
- Decentralized Indexing, Built to Scale: Tap into a global network of Indexers to efficiently index blockchain data with no single point of failure–just resilient infrastructure.
- Powerful GraphQL Interface: Query blockchain data using GraphQL. It's fast and flexible, accelerating data retrieval to enhance your dapps.
- Customizable Data Logic: Define your own logic for transforming and storing blockchain data. Reuse subgraphs published by other developers on The Graph Network.
Supported Networks
- ApeChain Mainnet
- ApeChain Curtis Testnet
Quick Start
These subgraphs only take a few minutes to set up. Follow this quick-start (opens in a new tab) guide to create, deploy, and query a subgraph within 5 minutes.
Pricing: All developers receive 100K free monthly queries on the decentralized network. After these free queries, you only pay based on usage at $2 for every 100K queries.
Ormi
Ormi (opens in a new tab) powers ApeChain subgraphs which are fully compatible with The Graph's hosted and decentralized networks, adhering to the same specifications. They seamlessly index data from both the ApeChain mainnet and testnets, allowing developers to easily build applications for ApeChain. Read more on how to create your account deploy your own subgraph (opens in a new tab) on ApeChain.
For developers who are already familiar with Graph Protocol tooling, below are the network definitions to deploy subgraphs on ApeChain. These settings can be configured in the subgraph.yaml file.
| Network | |
|---|---|
| Mainnet | network: 'apechain' |
| Curtis | network: 'apechain-curtis' |
Goldsky
Goldsky is ApeChain's trusted partner for high-performance data indexing and streaming, making it easy for developers to power dApps, analytics, and AI agents with fast, reliable access to ApeChain's on-chain data.
Goldsky offers two powerful products:
Subgraphs
Subgraphs (opens in a new tab) allow you to index ApeChain data into a highly optimized format for instant, flexible querying.
Use subgraphs when you want to read and display on-chain data inside apps, websites, dashboards, bots, and more.
- Ultra-fast reads: Query large volumes of on-chain data with millisecond response times.
- Flexible GraphQL APIs: Filter, paginate, and fetch exactly the data you need.
- Custom indexing logic: Handle complex event processing, join entities, build derived fields.
- Auto-scaling: Goldsky automatically scales infrastructure for you, no more worrying about node ops.
- Instant Deployment: Create subgraphs instantly by uploading your ABI and contract address, no GraphQL coding required (but you can fully customize if you want).
🛠️ Example Use Cases:
- NFT marketplaces (fetching listings, offers, metadata)
- DeFi dashboards (tracking TVL, trades, positions)
- Social apps (aggregating profiles, posts, on-chain actions)
- In-game marketplaces (real-time item trades and player stats)
Mirror
Mirror (opens in a new tab) is a real-time data streaming pipeline that replicates ApeChain data into your own database, letting you power complex backends, machine learning, or data analytics.
- Real-time streaming: Ingest new blocks, events, transactions as they happen.
- Your schema, your rules: Mirror supports flexible transformations and customizations.
- Database integration: Push to Postgres, Clickhouse, or your warehouse of choice.
- Perfect for AI/ML: Build embeddings, train models, and run inference on live blockchain data.
🛠️ Example Use Cases:
- Powering AI agents with up-to-the-second on-chain awareness
- Building custom analytics dashboards
- Enabling real-time alerts and risk monitoring systems
- Aggregating on-chain activity into internal data lakes
Why Goldsky for ApeChain Builders?
- Lightning-fast query speeds
- Real-time data pipelines
- No need to manage indexers or infra
- Instant onboarding with minimal config
- Trusted by major Web3 projects across DeFi, gaming, AI, and social
| Network | Subgraphs | Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| Mainnet | ✅ | ✅ |
| Curtis | ✅ | ✅ |
How to Get Started
Goldsky makes it fast and easy to launch a subgraph or pipeline:
- Deploy via CLI: Create fully custom subgraphs or Mirror configs from your local setup.
- Instant deployment: Just upload your contract ABI + address, and Goldsky generates a working subgraph for you in minutes, no GraphQL coding needed.
👉 Follow the full step-by-step guide here (opens in a new tab) to deploy on ApeChain.
If you need help designing your schema or choosing between Subgraphs and Mirror, reach out to the Goldsky team (opens in a new tab) — they're happy to guide you.