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title: Consent API overview
description: PingDirectory and PingDirectoryProxy provide a REST application programming interface (API) for managing an individual's consent to handle their data.
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version: 11.0
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canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/consent_solution_guide/pd_cs_consent_api_overview.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
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# Consent API overview

PingDirectory and PingDirectoryProxy provide a REST application programming interface (API) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
\<p>A specification of interactions available for building software to access an application or service.\</p>
\</div>)* for managing an individual's consent to handle their data.

The PingDirectory Consent API enables the following authorization services for managing an individual's consent and data:

* Captures a user's consent for sharing or processing data

* Confirms a user's consent to share or process data has been granted

* The user can manage the consent that they have granted

The Consent REST API can be used as a component of a larger solution, such as a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance system.

Learn more in the [PingDirectory Consent API Reference](https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/consent/introduction.html) and [How applications use the Consent API](pd_cs_how_apps_use_consent_api.html).