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Overview

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager exposes its objects with the Web Service API based on the REST (Representational State Transfer) framework. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API lets developers communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to query information about Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager objects and perform basic operations with them using the HTTPS protocol and the principles of REST. Since the HTTPS protocol is very popular and widespread, REST API is platform-agnostic and can be used with practically any programming language.

This document will help you get familiar with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API. The document includes the following sections: