# Make your first Admin API request

This quickstart reads your project's catalog and creates one draft product.
The draft stays separate from the publication and pricing work needed to make it sellable.

## Before you begin

Complete [Connect to a project](/getting-started/connect).
Use an Admin credential with the required product permissions in a development project.
Send the operations below to that project's Admin endpoint with the appropriate header.
The GraphQL document and Variables tab become the JSON request's `query` and `variables` fields.

## 1. Read a page of products


Admin API

```graphql
query AdminProducts($first: Int!, $after: String) {
  products(first: $first, after: $after) {
    nodes { id name slug status }
    pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
  }
}

```


Variables

```json
{
  "first": 10,
  "after": null
}

```


An empty `nodes` list is valid for a new catalog.
For the next page, send the returned `endCursor` as `after` only when `hasNextPage` is true.
See [Pagination](/concepts/pagination) for traversal rules.

## 2. Create a draft


Admin API

```graphql
mutation CreateDraftProduct($input: ProductCreateInput!) {
  productCreate(input: $input) {
    product { id name slug status }
    errors { __typename ... on UserError { message } }
  }
}

```


Variables

```json
{
  "input": {
    "name": "Copenhagen Lamp",
    "slug": "copenhagen-lamp",
    "status": "DRAFT",
    "tags": [
      "lighting"
    ]
  }
}

```


Expect a product with `status: DRAFT` and an opaque `id`, with no business errors.
Retain that ID.
If a lamp already exists from an earlier attempt, use it rather than creating a duplicate.
After a timeout, query the existing state before repeating creation.

## 3. Verify the created record


Admin API

```graphql
query VerifyDraftProduct($id: ID!) {
  product(id: $id) { id name slug status }
}

```


Variables

```json
{
  "id": "<product-id>"
}

```


Replace the placeholder with the returned ID.
A draft product does not establish a variant, price, inventory, or publication.
That is expected.

Continue with [Create and publish a product](/guides/catalog/create-product), using this product's ID and skipping its product-creation step.
For response handling, read [Errors and retries](/concepts/operations/errors-and-retries).