# Setup Guide

This section describes how to use the API and its resources. If you have any questions or issues, please contact the Cloudfactory Support.

## API Reference

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="../cloudfactory-public-api/reference"><strong>API Reference</strong></a><br><br>Learn more about the endpoints you can use from CloudFactory's APIs</td><td></td><td><a href="../cloudfactory-public-api/reference">reference</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Authentication & Rate Limiting

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><a href="#authentication-and-rate-limiting"><strong>Authentication</strong></a></p><p><br>Create an API access token and authenticate your API requests.</p></td><td></td><td><a href="https://github.com/cloudfactory/gitbook/blob/main/docs/broken-reference/README.md">https://github.com/cloudfactory/gitbook/blob/main/docs/broken-reference/README.md</a></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="rate-limiting"><strong>Quota</strong></a>/<a href="rate-limiting"><strong>Rate Limiting</strong></a></p><p><br>Understand how API requests are rate limited.</p></td><td></td><td><a href="rate-limiting">rate-limiting</a></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="webhook"><strong>Webhook</strong></a></p><p><br>Understand how to track progress through webhook</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>