---
title: "Part Family"
url: "https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/overview"
bounded_context: "Part Family"
kind: "overview"
experimental: false
deprecated: false
---

# Part Family

Part families and part groups, their parameters, and search across families and their parts.

For AI assistants: [llms.txt](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/llms.txt) · [schema slice](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/schema.graphql) · [all types](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/types.txt)

## Entities

API types in this bounded context that represent Common Data Model (CDM) entities. The IRI is the entity's stable identifier in the CDM.

| API type | CDM entity |
| - | - |
| [`SupPartFamily`](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/types/objects/sup-part-family.md) | [Part Family](https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartFamily) [`https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartFamily`](https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartFamily) |
| [`SupPartGroup`](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/types/objects/sup-part-group.md) | [Part Group](https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartGroup) [`https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartGroup`](https://w3id.org/altium/cdm/supply/PartGroup) |

## Entry points

Look up entities by identifier:

- [`supPartGroupById`](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/operations/queries/sup-part-group-by-id.md)
- [`supPartGroupsByIds`](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/octopart-api-docs/reference/part-family/operations/queries/sup-part-groups-by-ids.md)

## Contents

| Kind | Items | Experimental |
| - | - | - |
| Queries | 7 | 0 |
| Objects | 19 | 0 |
| Inputs | 1 | 0 |
| Enums | 4 | 0 |
| Interfaces | 1 | 0 |
| Unions | 2 | 0 |