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# Confluent APIs for Confluent Platform

The Confluent APIs listed in this topic are a set of software interfaces that enable you to interact
with the enterprise features of Confluent Platform. You can use these APIs to build applications that can consume, produce, and process data in real-time.

Following are the APIs for Confluent Platform:

- [Confluent REST Proxy](../kafka-rest/index.md#kafkarest-intro)
- [Connect REST API](../connect/references/restapi.md#connect-userguide-rest)
- [Flink REST API](/cp-flink/current/clients-api/rest.html)
- [Schema Registry API](../schema-registry/develop/api.md#schemaregistry-api)
- [ksqlDB REST API](../ksqldb/developer-guide/ksqldb-rest-api/overview.md#ksqldb-rest-api)
- [Metadata API](../security/authorization/rbac/mds-api.md#mds-api)

Note that before using these APIs, you should review the [Confluent Public API Terms of Use](https://www.confluent.io/legal/confluent-public-api-terms-of-use/).

## Related content

- [Kafka APIs and Javadocs](kafka-api.md#kafka-api)
- [Confluent APIs and Javadocs](index.md#cp-api-javadocs)
