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title: API implementation and reference
description: Get started using ServiceNow APIs with guides, resources, and reference documentation.
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# API implementation and reference

Get started using ServiceNow APIs with guides, resources, and reference documentation.

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</table>## API implementation

Use web services to connect ServiceNow applications to other software applications.

This section includes information on the following:

-   Useful server-side scripts for implementing functionality that is not available in the core system.
-   Details on how to debug scripts
-   Client scripting techniques and use cases, such as messages.
-   Use web services to connect ServiceNow applications to other software applications.

## API reference

Explore ServiceNow APIs that you can use to change functionalities and add features on the ServiceNow AI Platform.

This section includes references for the following:

-   Client JavaScript APIs to control how the ServiceNow AI Platform functions and is displayed within the web browser.
-   Server-side JavaScript APIs to modify and develop applications.
-   REST APIs to access and update data on the ServiceNow AI Platform.

## Developer guides

Set up or extend API configuration on the ServiceNow AI Platform for a ServiceNow product or API.