# Zato /zɑːtəʊ/ ESB, SOA, API and Cloud Integrations in Python. Zato is a Python-based, open-source platform that lets you automate, integrate and orchestrate business systems, APIs, workflows as well as hardware assets in industries such as [airports](https://zato.io/en/industry/airports/index.html), [defense](https://zato.io/en/industry/defense/index.html), [health care](https://zato.io/en/industry/healthcare/index.html), [telecommunications](https://zato.io/en/industry/telecom/index.html), financial services, government and more.

## What does it look like in practice?

```python # Zato from zato.server.service import Service class RESTService(Service): def handle(self): # Request to send .. request = {'user_id':123, 'balance':1357, 'currency':'USD'} # .. get a connection to our previously created REST endpoint .. conn = self.out.rest['Billing'].conn # .. invoke it .. response = conn.post(self.cid, request) # .. and return the response to our caller. self.response.payload = response.data ``` ## Learn more Visit https://zato.io for the details, including: * [Downloads](https://zato.io/en/docs/3.2/admin/guide/install/index.html) * [Screenshots](https://zato.io/en/docs/3.2/intro/screenshots.html) * [Programming examples](https://zato.io/en/docs/3.2/dev/index.html)