# Lenses API

Lenses offers a set of REST and WebSocket APIs to help you provision and manage the application, make use of its capabilities, and query data via SQL

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Authentication</td><td><a href="authentication">authentication</a></td></tr><tr><td>API Reference</td><td><a href="reference">reference</a></td></tr><tr><td>Websocket</td><td><a href="websocket">websocket</a></td></tr></tbody></table>