# API Management

- [How to create an API with Frends](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-create-an-api-with-frends.md): Core feature of Frends is API Management, after all.
- [Linking a Process to API Endpoint](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/linking-a-process-to-api-endpoint.md): Adding functionality to the created API.
- [Setting up API Policies](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/setting-up-api-policies.md): How to set up authentication and logging policy for your API.
- [Deploying an API](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/deploying-an-api.md): How publish the API for testing and production use.
- [How to test Frends API](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-test-frends-api.md): Frends includes UI for checking and calling your APIs.
- [Creating Passthrough APIs in Frends](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/creating-passthrough-apis-in-frends.md): Combine external API handlers with API Processes under the same URL.
- [How to create and use API keys in Frends](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-create-and-use-api-keys-in-frends.md): The easiest authentication method to use in Frends for APIs.
- [Securing the API Specification UI](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/securing-the-api-specification-ui.md): How to require authentication for accessing your API's specification.
- [How to use Basic Authentication for APIs in Frends](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-use-basic-authentication-for-apis-in-frends.md): Both managed identities as well as custom user accounts can be used.
- [How to use Private Applications for authenticating to Frends API](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-use-private-applications-for-authenticating-to-frends-api.md): Self-contained authentication tokens to use in API authentication.
- [Setting up Implicit OAuth flow for Frends APIs](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/setting-up-implicit-oauth-flow-for-frends-apis.md): How to use implicit OAuth 2.0 flow for your APIs in Frends.
- [How to use OAuth Client Credentials for Frends API](https://docs.frends.com/guides/api-management/how-to-use-oauth-client-credentials-for-frends-api.md): Setting up OAuth Client Credentials for your APIs in Frends.


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