# Get started with the Amazon Quick Sight API
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You can manage most aspects of your deployment with the AWS SDKs to access an API that's tailored to the programming language or platform that you're using. For more information, see [AWS SDKs](http://aws.amazon.com/tools/#SDKs). For more information about specific API operations, see [Quick Sight API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/index.html?id=docs_gateway). 

Use the topics in this section to get started with the Quick Sight API and SDKs.

**Topics**
+ [Prerequisites](getting-started-prerequisites.md)
+ [Make API requests with the Quick Sight SDKs](getting-started-making-api-requests.md)
+ [Use CLI skeleton files](cli-skeletons.md)
+ [Use the Quick Sight Dev Portal](getting-started-dev-portal.md)