Understand the Claude API's available endpoints, authentication headers, client SDKs, pagination, rate limits, and cloud platform access options.
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The Claude API is a RESTful API at
https://api.anthropic.com
that provides programmatic access to Claude models and Claude Managed Agents.
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New to Claude?
For direct model access, start with
Get started
and
Working with Messages
. For managed agent infrastructure, see the
Claude Managed Agents quickstart
.
Prerequisites
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To use the Claude API, you'll need:
A
Claude Console account
An
API key
, or a configured
Workload Identity Federation
rule
For step-by-step setup instructions, see
Get started
.
