Json-RPC API
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User and application API
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There are two types of API access:

### Application API

- Access to the API with the user "jsonrpc" and the token available on the settings page
- Access to all procedures
- No permission checked
- There is no user session on the server
- No access to procedures that starts with "My..." (example: "getMe" or "getMyProjects")
- Example of possible clients: tools to migrate/import data, create tasks from another system, etc...

### User API

- Access to the API with the user credentials (username and password)
- Application role and project permissions are checked for each procedure
- A user session is created on the server
- Example of possible clients: native mobile/desktop application, command line utility, etc...

Security
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- Always use HTTPS with a valid certificate (avoid clear text communication)
- If you make a mobile application, it's your responsability to store securely the user credentials on the device
- After 3 authentication failure on the user api, the end-user have to unlock his account by using the login form
- Two factor authentication is not yet available through the API

Protocol
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Kanboard use the protocol Json-RPC to interact with external programs.

JSON-RPC is a remote procedure call protocol encoded in JSON.
Almost the same thing as XML-RPC but with the JSON format.

We use the [version 2 of the protocol](http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification).
You must call the API with a `POST` HTTP request.

Kanboard support batch requests, so you can make multiple API calls in a single HTTP request. It's particularly useful for mobile clients with higher network latency.

Usage
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- [Authentication](api-authentication.markdown)
- [Examples](api-examples.markdown)
- [Application](api-application-procedures.markdown)
- [Projects](api-project-procedures.markdown)
- [Project Permissions](api-project-permission-procedures.markdown)
- [Boards](api-board-procedures.markdown)
- [Columns](api-column-procedures.markdown)
- [Swimlanes](api-swimlane-procedures.markdown)
- [Categories](api-category-procedures.markdown)
- [Automatic Actions](api-action-procedures.markdown)
- [Tasks](api-task-procedures.markdown)
- [Subtasks](api-subtask-procedures.markdown)
- [Files](api-file-procedures.markdown)
- [Links](api-link-procedures.markdown)
- [Comments](api-comment-procedures.markdown)
- [Users](api-user-procedures.markdown)
- [Groups](api-group-procedures.markdown)
- [Group Members](api-group-member-procedures.markdown)
- [Me](api-me-procedures.markdown)