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.. _netapi-introduction:
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``netapi`` modules
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==================
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.. toctree::
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Introduction to netapi modules
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netapi modules provide API-centric access to Salt. Usually externally-facing
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services such as REST or WebSockets, XMPP, XMLRPC, etc.
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In general netapi modules bind to a port and start a service. They are
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purposefully open-ended. A single module can be configured to run as well as
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multiple modules simultaneously.
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netapi modules are enabled by adding configuration to your Salt Master config
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file and then starting the :command:`salt-api` daemon. Check the docs for each
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module to see external requirements and configuration settings.
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Communication with Salt and Salt satellite projects is done using Salt's own
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:ref:`Python API <python-api>`. A list of available client interfaces is below.
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.. admonition:: salt-api
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Prior to Salt's 2014.7.0 release, netapi modules lived in the separate sister
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projected ``salt-api``. That project has been merged into the main Salt
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project.
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.. seealso:: :ref:`The full list of netapi modules <all-netapi-modules>`
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Client interfaces
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=================
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Salt's client interfaces expose executing functions by crafting a dictionary of
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values that are mapped to function arguments. This allows calling functions
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simply by creating a data structure. (And this is exactly how much of Salt's
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own internals work!)
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.. autoclass:: salt.netapi.NetapiClient
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:members: local, local_async, local_batch, runner, wheel |