# Confluent APIs and Javadocs for Confluent Platform Confluent APIs are a set of software interfaces that enable developers to interact with Confluent Platform. You can use these APIs to build applications that can consume, produce, and process data in real-time. Before using these APIs, see the [Confluent Public API Terms of Use](https://www.confluent.io/legal/confluent-public-api-terms-of-use/). Use the Apache Kafka® Java APIs and Kafka Client APIs to implement Kafka in a Confluent Platform environment. These generated references provide a list of packages, along with a package summary, a list of its classes, and interfaces. The Confluent APIs provide additional supporting information about Confluent-developed APIs, including security settings, resource types, and usage examples. ## Kafka Java APIs The following links open the associated javadocs. - [Kafka Java Client APIs](/platform/current/clients/javadocs/javadoc/index.html) - [Kafka Producer Java API](/platform/current/clients/javadocs/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/KafkaProducer.html) - [Kafka Consumer Java API](/platform/current/clients/javadocs/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/Consumer.html) - [Kafka AdminClient Java API](/platform/current/clients/javadocs/javadoc/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/Admin.html) - [Kafka Common Java API](/platform/current/clients/javadocs/javadoc/index.html?org/apache/kafka/common/package-summary.html) - [Kafka Streams Java API](/platform/current/streams/javadocs/javadoc/index.html) - [Kafka Connect Java API](/platform/current/connect/javadocs/javadoc/index.html) ## Kafka Client APIs The following links open the associated client library docs. - [Kafka C++ Client API](/platform/current/clients/librdkafka/html/index.html) - [Kafka Python Client API](/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python/html/index.html) - [Kafka JavaScript Client API](/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-javascript/docs/index.html) - [Kafka Go Client API](/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-go/index.html) - [Kafka .NET Client API](/platform/current/clients/confluent-kafka-dotnet/_site/api/Confluent.Kafka.html) ## Confluent APIs The following links open the associated Confluent API docs. - [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)