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title: "Getting started"
slug: "getting-started"
updated: 2019-08-29T06:13:59Z
published: 2019-08-29T06:14:01Z
canonical: "support.4straction.com/getting-started"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.4straction.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

## What this is

4Straction API is REST based, Swagger compliant API for developers that want to use 4Straction API to integrate 4Straction more tightly into their management system process.

## What you can do

Commong scenarios for API usage are:

- Posting news to users newsfeed
- Synchronize Corporate information such as products, customers etc
- Synchronize KPI data from upstream system to 4straction
- Adding meta information to KPI data (semi-structured information, comments, analyses etc)
- Adding or editing users

## How to get started

Here is quick quide for you to get started:

- Get a normal user account to 4straction
- Ask partner key from 4straction support
- Start with a sandbox or a customer database for testing
- Test and deploy