---
title: Guides
intro: 'Learn about getting started with the REST API, authentication, and how to use the REST API for a variety of tasks.'
redirect_from:
  - /guides/
  - /v3/guides
versions:
  free-pro-team: '*'
  enterprise-server: '*'
  github-ae: '*'
topics:
  - api
---

This section of the documentation is intended to get you up-and-running with
real-world {% data variables.product.product_name %} API applications. We'll cover everything you need to know, from
authentication, to manipulating results, to combining results with other apps.

Every tutorial here will have a project, and every project will be
stored and documented in our public
[platform-samples](https://github.com/github/platform-samples) repository.

![The Electrocat](/assets/images/electrocat.png)

### Table of Contents

{% link_in_list /getting-started-with-the-rest-api %}
{% link_in_list /basics-of-authentication %}
{% link_in_list /discovering-resources-for-a-user %}
{% link_in_list /delivering-deployments %}
{% link_in_list /rendering-data-as-graphs %}
{% link_in_list /working-with-comments %}
{% link_in_list /traversing-with-pagination %}
{% link_in_list /building-a-ci-server %}
{% link_in_list /best-practices-for-integrators %}
{% link_in_list /getting-started-with-the-git-database-api %}
{% link_in_list /getting-started-with-the-checks-api %}