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ServiceNow supports both inbound (provider) and outbound (consumer) web services.">Web services</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/inbound-rest/concept/c_RESTAPI.html" title="REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is a simple stateless architecture that provides standards between computer systems on the web, making it easier for them to communicate with each other.">REST APIs</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Access the REST API Explorer</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">View available REST API resources using the REST API Explorer.</p> <div class="section prereq p">Role required: web_service_admin, rest_api_explorer, or admin</div> <div class="section context">You can use the REST API Explorer to browse available APIs, API versions, and methods for each API. The explorer enables you to test REST API requests straight from the user interface.</div> <ol class="ol steps" id="t_GetStartedAccessExplorer__steps_rmd_yql_pyb"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In your <span class="ph">ServiceNow</span> instance, click <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> in the top navigation menu.</span> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> filter navigation opens.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the <span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> menu, do one of the following:</span> <ul class="ul choices" id="t_GetStartedAccessExplorer__choices_mzv_nql_pyb"><li class="li choice">Expand the following module path: <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">System Web Services</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">REST</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">REST API Explorer</span></span>.</li><li class="li choice">Enter "REST API Explorer" in the Filter search bar.</li></ul> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click on the REST API Explorer module.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Explore</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The REST API Explorer page opens.<div class="fig fignone" id="t_GetStartedAccessExplorer__fig_snt_wl1_pt"> <img class="image" id="t_GetStartedAccessExplorer__image_fvg_xl1_pt" src="../image/Rest_api_explorer.png" alt="REST API Explorer" /> </div> </div> </li></ol> <div class="section result" id="t_GetStartedAccessExplorer__result_kh4_2rl_pyb"> <p class="p">You can change the Namespace, API Name, and Version drop-down options to filter to a specific REST API.</p> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../integrate/inbound-rest/concept/use-REST-API-Explorer.html" title="In this tutorial you will use the REST API Explorer to test the ServiceNow REST APIs.">Use the REST API Explorer</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>