# Headless & APIs

Umbraco provides a set of APIs for consuming and managing content outside the backoffice. Use the Content Delivery API to power headless and decoupled frontends, the Management API to manage content programmatically, and webhooks to notify external systems when content changes.

<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><strong>Content Delivery API</strong></td><td>A read-only REST API for delivering Umbraco content to headless and decoupled frontends.</td><td><a href="/pages/m8lgQDXuEOthULoBrNgb">/pages/m8lgQDXuEOthULoBrNgb</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Management API</strong></td><td>A REST API for creating, updating, and managing Umbraco content and configuration programmatically.</td><td><a href="/pages/loFQUZkRJ5EAAXhQyzUO">/pages/loFQUZkRJ5EAAXhQyzUO</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Webhooks</strong></td><td>Configure webhooks to send HTTP notifications to external systems when content events occur.</td><td><a href="/pages/7MxEJeU0fMsR1Qpm7Krq">/pages/7MxEJeU0fMsR1Qpm7Krq</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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