# API Reference

The FOSSA REST API lets you query and manage your FOSSA data programmatically (projects, revisions, issues, vulnerabilities, release groups, and reports) so you can automate workflows from CI/CD or custom tooling.

**[Browse the Endpoint Reference →](/docs/api/reference)**


## What you can do with the API

- Automate tasks in your CI/CD pipeline.
- Query and manage your dependencies, projects, and revisions.
- Generate custom documents and reports.
- Build custom features and integrations on top of FOSSA data.

## Start here

- **[Introduction](/docs/api/introduction)**: generate an API key and make your first request.
- **[Authentication](/docs/api/authentication)**: how to authenticate and the two token types.
- **[Errors](/docs/api/errors)**: how to interpret API error responses.

## Guides and reference

- **[Usage examples](/docs/api/examples)**: practical recipes: managing issues, users, teams, reports, Jira tickets, and more.
- **[Endpoint Reference](/docs/api/reference)**: the complete, interactive endpoint catalog.