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# Getting started

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  Check out our [changelog](https://developers.pipedrive.com/changelog) for the latest changes regarding our Developer Platform.
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We’re excited about the potential to connect. Pipedrive is a global CRM with headquarters in the USA and operations in the USA and EU, featuring an intuitive [RESTful API](https://developers.pipedrive.com/docs/api/v1/). You can use our API to create public or private apps using [OAuth 2.0](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/marketplace-oauth-authorization) and integrations via [API token](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/how-to-find-the-api-token). Public apps and integrations work directly with Pipedrive and are available in Pipedrive’s [Marketplace](https://www.pipedrive.com/en/marketplace).

:vertical\_traffic\_light: Before you get started, you agree and attest that you do NOT have any developers or operations in any countries or locations sanctioned by applicable governmental authorities.\
:red\_circle: This restricted countries/locations list can change, but as of July 28, 2025, it includes: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, and the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson Crimea regions of Ukraine.\
:question:Questions - See Pipedrive Terms of Service Section 4.2 Trade Control Compliance for more information or consult your legal counsel.\
:green\_circle: If you do NOT have developers or operations located in any sanctioned countries/locations, please continue.

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## Create an app

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The Pipedrive API includes various [endpoints](https://developers.pipedrive.com/docs/api/v1/#/) to help you [build an app](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/marketplace-creating-a-proper-app) for the Pipedrive Marketplace. Learn more about the Marketplace [here](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/about-the-marketplace).

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  To skip the boilerplate and scaffold a complete app with OAuth, a database, and the Pipedrive API client already wired up, see [create-pipedrive-app](/docs/create-pipedrive-app-cli).
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## Create a developer sandbox account

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Testing in a risk-free environment. Learn more about it [here](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/developer-sandbox-account) or [sign up for one now](https://developers.pipedrive.com/).

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## Learn about the Pipedrive API

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Let's walk through [the basics](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/core-api-concepts-about-pipedrive-api) of the Pipedrive API. Try it out [here](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/hello-world-tutorial) or [use Pipedrive's API in Postman or Insomnia](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/run-pipedrive-api-in-postman-or-insomnia) and continue learning with our [API tutorials](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/tutorials) and [app tutorials](https://developers.pipedrive.com/tutorials).

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## Extend your app's functionality

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[App extensions](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/app-extensions) allow apps to add interactive features that extend their app’s functionality in Pipedrive’s user interface.

Let users perform your app’s related actions through [link actions](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/app-extensions-actions). Allow users to see and use the data from your app in a panel with predefined components through [JSON panels](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/app-extensions-panels). Load any contextual web content in embedded iframes using our [custom UI extensions](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/custom-ui-extensions). Embed your app into a designated area in Pipedrive with our [manifest-based extensions](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/app-extensions#manifest-based-app-extensions).

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## Create a webhook

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Have data coming into you, not the other way around. Learn more about our [webhooks for apps](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/webhooks-for-apps). If you want to learn about our general webhooks, you can do it [here](https://pipedrive.readme.io/docs/guide-for-webhooks-v2).

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