# Data API

Captisa Forms Data API provides a development experience that can be used across a wide variety of programming languages, platforms, and devices. The purpose is to let you get your form entries and use them whenever you see fit.

Captisa Forms API is a simple and powerful web service based on REST. It exposes your form entries via REST resources and the HTTP GET method. For example, you can query a set of fields from your form entries created today based on your View and Filter definitions. API supports JSON.

#### Getting Started

Below is an example to view form entries using PostMan.

1\. Select a form from the form list.

2\. Select the API button from the toolbar.

![API](https://captisacdn.blob.core.windows.net/img/api-1.PNG)

3\. Generate API token, then click the Copy button. Paste the token ID into your text editor.

![API](https://captisacdn.blob.core.windows.net/img/api-2.PNG)

4\. Select a View, then click the Copy button. Paste view ID into your text editor.

![API](https://captisacdn.blob.core.windows.net/img/api-3.PNG)

5\. Select a Filter, then click the Copy button. Paste filter ID into your text editor.

![API](https://captisacdn.blob.core.windows.net/img/api-4.PNG)

6\. Open PostMan.

7\. Add a new tab and change the request method to GET.

8\. Paste ‘<https://secure.captisa.com/api/data/v1/get’> in the URL field.

9\. Select the Header tab.

10\. Add the following headers:

**Key**: Token **Value**: \[Paste Token ID from Step 3]

**Key**: ViewId **Value**: \[Paste View ID from Step 4]

**Key**: FilterId **Value**: \[Paste Filter ID from Step 5]

**Key**: Content-Type **Value**: application/json

11\. Click Send button.

![API](https://captisacdn.blob.core.windows.net/img/api-5.PNG)