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title: About the Identity Governance API
description: Identity Governance provides a RESTful application programming interface (API) that lets you use HTTP request methods (GET, PUT, and POST) to interact with the system and its components. The API lets a developer make requests to send or receive data to an Identity Governance endpoint, a point where the API communicates with the system. The data that is sent or returned is in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.
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# About the Identity Governance API

Identity Governance provides a RESTful application programming interface (API) that lets you use HTTP request methods (GET, PUT, and POST) to interact with the system and its components. The API lets a developer make requests to send or receive data to an Identity Governance endpoint, a point where the API communicates with the system. The data that is sent or returned is in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.

Identity Governance provides its API as a Swagger yaml file or a Postman collection. You can download the files on [Ping Identity Download Center](https://backstage.pingidentity.com/downloads/browse/idm/featured).