# 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)


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.captisa.com/integration/data-api.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.