## Atlan's open API

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/get-started/references/atlan-s-open-api

> Learn about atlan's open api.

Like you, Atlan users hate being locked into closed, black-box platforms. That's why Atlan's core platform is built on leading open-source projects and made every action API-driven.

:::info **Did you know?** 
 Everything visible on Atlan is powered by APIs.

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The mission is to help you [activate your metadata](https://atlan.com/active-metadata/), to help your team do its best work. So these APIs are gradually being opened up for everyone.

- For details of what's available, see the [dedicated developer docs](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/python/set-up-sdk/llms.txt).
- To get started, create an [API token](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/get-started/api-authentication/llms.txt) or configure an [OAuth client](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/get-started/oauth-clients/llms.txt) from within Atlan.

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