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OpenStack API Guide
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Although you install each OpenStack service separately, the OpenStack
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services work together to meet your cloud needs: Identity, Compute,
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Images, Block Storage, Networking (neutron), Object Storage, Databases, and
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Metering. With the `TryStack <http://www.trystack.org/>`__ OpenStack
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installation, these services work together in the background of the
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installation.
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After you authenticate through Identity, you can use the other OpenStack
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APIs to create and manage resources in your OpenStack cloud. You can
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launch instances from images and assign metadata to instances through
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the Compute API or the **openstack** command-line client.
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To begin sending API requests, use one of the following methods:
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- **cURL**
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A command-line tool that lets you send HTTP requests and receive
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responses. See the section called :ref:`openstack_API_quick_guide`.
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- **OpenStack command-line client**
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The OpenStack project provides a command-line client that enables
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you to access APIs through easy-to-use commands. See the section
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called :ref:`client-intro`.
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- **REST clients**
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Both Mozilla and Google provide browser-based graphical interfaces
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for REST. For Firefox, see
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`RESTClient <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restclient/>`__.
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For Chrome, see
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`rest-client <http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/>`__.
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- **OpenStack Python Software Development Kit (SDK)**
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Use this SDK to write Python automation scripts that create and
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manage resources in your OpenStack cloud. The SDK implements Python
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bindings to the OpenStack API, which enables you to perform
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automation tasks in Python by making calls on Python objects rather
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than making REST calls directly. All OpenStack command-line tools are
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implemented by using the Python SDK. See `OpenStack Python
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SDK <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/sdk.html>`__ in the
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*OpenStack End User Guide*.
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Learn more
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.. toctree::
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api-quick-start
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