# Font Awesome APIs

Overview and documentation for the various Font Awesome APIs available for developers.

> Between our Javascript API and our GraphQL API, we're ready to answer all your requests.

### Font Awesome Javascript API

The Font Awesome JavaScript API pairs well with JavaScript-based projects and enables advanced rendering icons
and more control over some features using our SVG+JS method of rendering icons. Using this API is an advanced
feature and requires that you know how to tread water in the deep end of the pool and are familiar with
JavaScript and using APIs.

The Javascript API is great for:

- Subsetting icons with some Tree Shaking
- Adding a counter to the layers of your icon
- Adding text to the layers of your icon

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### Font Awesome GraphQL API

Our GraphQL API is the best way to programmatically pull information about Font Awesome icons and releases. Want
to build a killer Font Awesome plugin for your application? This is the place to get icon metadata and all the
other nifty bits you need. You can get your account information after authenticating with your API key. We want
to empower your creativity with this API so check it out and have fun building!

The GraphQL API is good for:

- Building a Font Awesome icon selector
- Retrieving metadata for an icon
- Searching for your favorite icon programmatically
- Programmatically pulling data about your account

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### Font Awesome REST API

There are a few endpoints that we expose as REST APIs for convenience. Most of them are wrappers around the GraphQL API, but we wanted to make it easy for you to get the data you need without having to learn GraphQL if you don't want to.

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### Font Awesome Conflict Detection API

The Conflict Detection API is for developers working with Font Awesome in environments where other versions of
Font Awesome may be loading and causing conflicts.

The Conflict Detection API is good for:

- Debugging environments where multiple versions of Font Awesome may be loading
- Identifying and reducing conflicting Font Awesome versions