InvenTree provides a REST API which serves data to the web client and also provides data access to third-party applications. The REST API is implemented using the `Django REST framework (DRF) <https://www.django-rest-framework.org/>`_ which provides the following features out of the box:
* AJAX REST API
* Web-browseable REST
* User authentication
* Database model serialization and validation
API Access
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The API is accessible from the root URL ``/api/``. It requires user authentication.
* Requesting data via AJAX query will return regular JSON objects.
* Directing a browser to the API endpoints provides a web-browsable interface
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API Documentation
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API documentation is provided by DRF autodoc tools, and is available for browsing at ``/api-doc/``
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API Code
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Javascript/jQuery code for interacting with the server via the REST API can be found under ``InvenTree/static/script/InvenTree``.
