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# API

## Netdata REST API

The complete documentation of the Netdata API is available as a Swagger API document [in our GitHub repository](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/web/api/netdata-swagger.yaml). You can view it online using the **[Swagger Editor](https://editor.swagger.io/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/web/api/netdata-swagger.yaml)**.

If your prefer it over the Swagger Editor, you can also use [Swagger UI](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui) by pointing at `web/api/netdata-swagger.yaml` in the Netdata source tree (or at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/web/api/netdata-swagger.yaml if you want to use the Swagger API definitions directly from our GitHub repository). This however does not provide all the information available.
