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title: Sideband API policy requests
description: Understanding how the Sideband API formulates policy requests can help you create and troubleshoot policies more effectively.
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# Sideband API policy requests

Understanding how the Sideband API formulates policy requests can help you create and troubleshoot policies more effectively.

To authorize an incoming request, the Sideband API performs the following steps:

* Creates a policy request that is based on the incoming request

* Sends the policy request to the Policy Decision Point (PDP) for evaluation