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# Interacting with APIs
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Lots of data and information is stored behind APIs.
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This page covers all resources available in LangChain for working with APIs.
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## Chains
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If you are just getting started, and you have relatively simple apis, you should get started with chains.
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Chains are a sequence of predetermined steps, so they are good to get started with as they give you more control and let you
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understand what is happening better.
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Update link in apis.mdx (#6812)
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- [API Chain](/docs/modules/chains/popular/api.html)
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## Agents
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Agents are more complex, and involve multiple queries to the LLM to understand what to do.
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The downside of agents are that you have less control. The upside is that they are more powerful,
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which allows you to use them on larger and more complex schemas.
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- [OpenAPI Agent](/docs/modules/agents/toolkits/openapi.html)
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