:ref:`CSM` uses Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to communicate between its sub systems and to external programs. This section is a general purpose guide for interacting with CSM APIs.
This section is divided into the following subsections:
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installation.rst
configuration/index.rst
list-of-csm-apis.rst
implementing-new-csm-apis.rst
csm_python_guide.md
soft_failure.rst
csm_api_change_log.rst