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description: >-
  The Datashare API is fully defined using the OpenAPI 3.0 specification and
  automatically generated after every Datashare release.
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# API

_The OpenAPI spec is a language-agnostic, machine-readable document that describes all of the API’s endpoints, parameter and response schemas, security schemes, and metadata. It empowers developers to discover available operations, validate requests and responses, generate client libraries, and power interactive documentation tools._

You can download the [latest version of the API definition](https://github.com/ICIJ/datashare/releases/latest/download/datashare_openapi.json) in JSON or explore an instantly browsable, developer-friendly interface [with Redoc](https://redocly.github.io/redoc/?url=https://github.com/ICIJ/datashare/releases/latest/download/datashare_openapi.json).
