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Overview

Nango’s Proxy simplifies making authenticated requests to external APIs. It’s a tool designed to save you time and reduce complexity in your interactions with APIs.

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Key features

• Automatic Credential Injection: Automatically adds necessary authentication to your API requests.
• Base URL Setup: Automatically determines and sets the correct base URL for your API requests.
• Effortless Pagination: Simplifies dealing with API pagination (step-by-step guide).
• Logs for Debugging: Tracks your requests in the Activity tab for easy debugging.
• Rate-limit Management: Handles rate limits with smart retries (step-by-step guide).

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Use cases

The Proxy is useful to perform any individual request to external APIs, e.g.

• Fetching Data: Great for one-time data retrieval, like getting user metadata.
• Writing Data: Use it to send data back to an API, such as updating a user profile.

Proxy vs. actions

The Proxy works for individual API requests, while actions handle more complex scenarios that require multiple requests or data transformations.

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Getting started with the Proxy

Check out the Proxy step-by-step guide or refer to the reference (API / SDK) for full details on proxy options.