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<p>Using APIs has never been easier! Stay in absolute control of API traffic by proxying your calls to any API through APItools. In the cloud or <a href="on-premise">on-premise</a>. And we're <a href="https://github.com/APItools/monitor/">open-source</a>.</p>

<p>Use APItools to easily get started with any API, save time when troubleshooting, monitor end users usage of an API, modify HTTP(s) requests on the fly, amongst many other things.</p>

<h2> Step 1 – Set Up An API Service</h2>
<p><a href="/docs/getting-started/#getting-started-new-monitor">Create a traffic monitor</a> to be able to <a href="/docs/getting-started/#getting-started-new-service">set up your first API service</a>. You can add any internal or external API service that you're using.</p>

<h2> Step 2 – Push Through Some API Traffic</h2>
<p>Go to the <a href="/docs/getting-started/#getting-started-integration">'Integration' tab</a> to learn how to link APItools to your app. Then run your app, make a <a href="using-services/#services-using-curl">cURL request</a> or click on an example HTTP(s) request to push some traffic through. Go to the <a href="test-debug/#test-debug-search-traces">'Traces' tab</a> and verify you hit the API.</p>

<h2> Step 3 – Start Having Fun!</h2>
<p>Ok, you got it working! Time to play :-)</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="middleware/index.html">Learn how to modify HTTP(s) requests with APItools</a></li>
<li><a href="test-debug/index.html">Learn more about filtering and tools for troubleshooting</a></li>
<li><a href="test-debug/#test-debug-create-alerts">Learn more about creating error alerts</a></li>
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