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diff --git a/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md b/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md index f66ccc2b9..977773a08 100644 --- a/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md +++ b/docs/Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +Testing the API with cURL +========================= + Mastodon builds around the idea of being a server first, rather than a client itself. Similarly to how a XMPP chat server communicates with others and with its own clients, Mastodon takes care of federation to other networks, like other Mastodon or GNU Social instances. So Mastodon provides a REST API, and a 3rd-party app system for using it via OAuth2. You can get a client ID and client secret required for OAuth [via an API end-point](API.md#oauth-apps). |