Platform Introduction

The Cisco APIs Console gives you direct access to Cisco’s APIs, which in turn, gives you access to the data and resources they provide. Our APIs help you manage, configure, and scale your applications that use Cisco data.

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Whether you need information to support the sale of Cisco’s hardware and software products, to support your Cisco Service needs, or for your mobile applications; the Cisco API Console will scale to meet your needs.

## Our Platform The Cisco API Console is an easy-to-use resource for our partners, customers, and internal developers who need to access APIs to get Cisco data and services. The API Console provides an intuitive, secure experience to help you learn about and integrate our API's. Whether you are building Web applications, mobile apps, or smart devices, the Console will help you integrate your internal tools, systems, and applications in a simple, secure, scalable manner. The API Console guides you through the steps necessary to register applications; use sample code, obtain tokens, and select the proper grant types for your application(s). The Console supports secure data and credentials, using industry standard authentication and role-based authorization. ## Getting Started Once you are logged in, you can access to all the APIs available to you and get detailed information about each API. If you need to search for a particular API, simply click the search button in the upper-right corner of the screen. Further information can be found in the API User Guide and the FAQs .