edX Discovery Service
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**Discovery** is a service that provides access to consolidated course and program metadata. It does this primarily through a REST API that supports courses, course runs, programs, catalogs, and search.

This guide begins with some background information on the service, then focuses on what you need to know to run and develop for the service.

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   :maxdepth: 2

   introduction
   quickstart
   advanced
