# How to embed Explorer for a private graph

DevFeed: [How to embed Explorer for a private graph](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-embed-explorer-for-a-private-graph-23374.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/how-to-embed-explorer-for-a-private-graph>)

Author: Maya Koneval

Published: 2022-06-09T09:24:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-documentation.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [embedded](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedded.md>), [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining how to embed Apollo Explorer for a private GraphQL graph in a developer portal or documentation site. It covers prerequisites and embed configuration options such as theme, panel state, headers, and environment variables.

## Source excerpt

Strong documentation is an essential best practice for any GraphQL API. One of the best parts of GraphQL is that it's self-documenting, but nearly every engineering organization has additional internal documentation sites and dev portals designed to provide developers additional context and make them more successful. To prevent context switching, GraphQL API documentation is often embedded into these other resources using tools like GraphQL Playground or GraphiQL.