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# ETAPI (REST API)
ETAPI is Trilium's public/external REST API. It is available since Trilium v0.50.
The documentation is in OpenAPI format, available [here](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes/blob/master/src/etapi/etapi.openapi.yaml).
[trilium-py](https://github.com/Nriver/trilium-py) is a third-party Python implementation for ETAPI client, you can use Python to communicate with Trilium.
## Authentication
All operations have to be authenticated using a token. You can get this token either from Options -> ETAPI or programmatically using the `/auth/login` REST call (see the [spec](https://github.com/TriliumNext/Notes/blob/master/src/etapi/etapi.openapi.yaml)):
```
GET https://myserver.com/etapi/app-info
Authorization: ETAPITOKEN
```
Alternatively, since 0.56 you can also use basic auth format:
```
GET https://myserver.com/etapi/app-info
Authorization: Basic BATOKEN
```
* Where `BATOKEN = BASE64(username + ':' + password)` - this is a standard Basic Auth serialization
* Where `username` is "etapi"
* And `password` is the generated ETAPI token described above.
Basic Auth is meant to be used with tools which support only basic auth.