API Overview

CSE provides open APIs for microservice development, helping you quickly migrate services to the cloud at low costs and enabling efficient running of microservice applications.

For details about the APIs, see the following table.

**Table 1** Overview
Type	Subtype	Description
CSE APIs	Dynamic Configuration	APIs related to configuration import to and export from the configuration management center.
	Engine Management	APIs related to microservice engine creation, query, and deletion.
	Microservice Governance	APIs related to governance policy creation, modification, query, and deletion.
Nacos APIs	Nacos API	APIs related to namespace creation, modification, query, and deletion.
ServiceComb-native APIs	Authentication	APIs related to microservice identity authentication.
	Microservice	APIs related to microservice management.
	Schema	APIs related to microservice contract query and upload.
	Microservice Instance	APIs related to microservice instance registry and heartbeat reporting.
	Dependency	APIs related to microservice dependency query.
	Configuration Management	APIs related to configuration management of the configuration center.