# Introduction

## Overview

The Redivis API is designed to give users and applications programmatic interfaces for the Redivis platform. 

When interacting with the API, we highly recommend using the [redivis-r](https://docs.redivis.com/api/client-libraries/redivis-r) or [redivis-python](https://docs.redivis.com/api/client-libraries/redivis-python) client libraries, which provide programmatic interfaces for interacting with the low-level [REST API](https://docs.redivis.com/api/rest-api/general-structure).

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Before getting started, it is important to familiarize yourself with how [resources are referenced ](https://docs.redivis.com/api/referencing-resources)on Redivis.
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## API Design

This API leverages a RESTful, resource-oriented design. Our goal is to provide a consistency across methods while allowing for an expressive interface. 

All methods, request properties, and status codes inherit from the behavior outlined in the [General structure](https://docs.redivis.com/api/rest-api/general-structure) section. All definitions of REST resources are provided under the "Resource definitions" header. 

## Examples

{% content-ref url="client-libraries/redivis-python" %}
[redivis-python](https://docs.redivis.com/api/client-libraries/redivis-python)
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{% content-ref url="client-libraries/redivis-r" %}
[redivis-r](https://docs.redivis.com/api/client-libraries/redivis-r)
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{% content-ref url="client-libraries/redivis-js" %}
[redivis-js](https://docs.redivis.com/api/client-libraries/redivis-js)
{% endcontent-ref %}