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api reference

An API reference is the detailed technical documentation listing every endpoint, parameter, and data format a piece of software exposes for developers to call programmatically. It's aimed at people building with a tool's API rather than using its chat interface, so most everyday AI users won't need it, but it's where developers check exact inputs and outputs when integrating a model into their own app.


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