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Overview of the edX Platform APIs
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The edX Platform APIs are a rapidly growing and evolving set of capabilities
that enable you to build web, desktop, and mobile applications that work with
your Open edX instance.

The edX Platform APIs use REST design principles and support the JSON data-
interchange format. The APIs also use edX OAuth 2.0 for :ref:`authentication
<edX API Authentication>`.

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Supported edX Platform API Modules
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The following edX Platform APIs are currently supported.

* :ref:`edX Platform Courses API`
* :ref:`edX Platform Enrollment API`
* :ref:`edX Platform User API`
