# How to create custom API Endpoints

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/how-to-create-custom-api-endpoints/202 "2018-08-15T15:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![artur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/artur/32/4_2.png) [@artur](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/artur)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/how-to-create-custom-api-endpoints/202/8 "2018-08-16T13:14:55Z")

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as always, it depends 😉 if you want something re-usable then I would also recommend to do an addon, but if it is something project specific, then custom api entry points are a solution to solve things or provide specific data quickly

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