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CommCare API Overview
CommCare API Overview
This page below provides an overview of CommCare’s API functionality.
Overview
This section is for you if...
You are a programmer.
You are looking to write code that interacts directly with CommCare HQ through its APIs.
If you are not a programmer and are looking to integrate CommCare with other platforms we recommend looking at https://dimagi.atlassian.net/wiki/x/fRzKfw.
Things we take for granted...
You should have a familiarity with HTTP conventions, such as GET and POST and url parameters.
To follow the examples, you should be familiar with the standard command line tool curl. Here's the manual: curl - Documentation Overview.
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