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Discovering services with API providers - Documentation for BMC Discovery 21.05

Some technologies can only be accessed by using an API, or return the most accurate and complete information through their APIs. The API providers feature provides a means of access to various APIs.

Each API provider uses a dedicated credential type, for example the Kubernetes/OpenShift API provider credential. You use the API provider credential in a dedicated scan type, called an API scan.