# API reference

The GitBook API provides developers with a powerful and flexible way to interact with GitBook's platform programmatically. It offers endpoints to manage content and integrate GitBook functionalities into external applications.

This API is RESTful and supports standard HTTP methods like `GET`, `POST`, `PATCH`, and `DELETE`.

### Key Features

* **Content Management**: Create, update, and retrieve documents and pages within GitBook.
* **Collaboration**: Manage users, organization, and permissions.
* **Integration**: Integrate GitBook with external tools and services.

### OpenAPI spec

You can view GitBook’s hosted OpenAPI spec used to generate our API docs [here](https://api.gitbook.com/openapi.json). Learn more about creating your own API references in our [product docs](/docs/api-references/openapi.md).


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```
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```

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