--- title: What is the Content API? description: As we already established, the Sportal365 CMS is based on several RESTful APIs – the Content API and the Football API being the ones in focus now, each… --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/what-is-the-content-api#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Customer portal](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/customer-portal?hsLang=en) ![Sportal365 logo-4.png\]](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Sportal365%20logo-4.png?height=40&name=Sportal365%20logo-4.png) - [Tickets](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/customer-portal?offset=0) - [Knowledge Base Center](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/) - [Sign out](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/_hcms/mem/login) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Tickets](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/customer-portal?offset=0) - [Knowledge Base Center](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/) - [Sign out](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/_hcms/mem/login) - English Show submenu for translations - [Customer portal](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/customer-portal) - [Go to Sportal365.com](https://sportal365.com/) [Go to Sportal365.com](https://sportal365.com/) What would you like to learn today? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge base](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Introduction to Sportal365](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/introduction-to-sportal365?hsLang=en) 3. [API-based platform](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/introduction-to-sportal365?hsLang=en#api-based-platform) # What is the Content API? ## The Content API makes it possible for you to create content, and for your audience to consume it on your website. --- As we already established, the Sportal365 CMS is based on several [RESTful APIs](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/knowledge/restful-api?hsLang=en)– the Content API and the Football API being the ones in focus now, each serving a purpose in the creation and consumption of unique sports content. #### Understanding the Content API The CMS works with the Content API and the Football API to let you create articles with integrated editorial content, sports data, and social media. The Football API is responsible for fetching sports-related information from data providers, while the Content API takes care of article creation in the CMS and all other article components such as categories, authors, images, tags, and so on. The Content API serves a valuable role: it allows your journalists and developers to manage content, and your audience to consume that content on your website. In more practical terms, the Content API enables your journalists and developers to add, change, or delete content by connecting them to the backend of the content management system where all data is stored. ![3333](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3333.png?width=600&name=3333.png) #### Users of the Content API The Content API serves different stakeholders in different ways to accomplish the same result – well, almost. **Customers** Customers are your audience – the people consuming your content from your website on different devices. 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