# Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics REST API

This API information is for OEMs to build custom solutions for Pentaho products. The Pentaho API is REST- based and is programming-language independent. Your developers can use any programming language which supports REST-based APIs to create custom applications which interact with Pentaho data.

**Note:** Previous experience with programming and API use is required to use the Pentaho API.

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