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* query, create, modify and delete [config objects](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-config-objects)
* [manage configuration packages](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-config-management)
* subscribe to [event streams](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-event-streams)
* evaluate [script expressions](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-console)
### <a id="icinga2-api-requests"></a> Requests
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### <a id="icinga2-api-permissions"></a> Permissions
By default an API user does not have any permissions to perform
actions on the [URL endpoints](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-url-endpoints).
actions on the URL endpoints.
Permissions for API users must be specified in the `permissions` attribute
as array. The array items can be a list of permission strings with wildcard
@ -331,23 +332,6 @@ to worry about escaping values:
The `filters_vars` attribute can only be used inside the request body, but not as
a URL parameter because there is no way to specify a dictionary in a URL.
### <a id="icinga2-api-url-endpoints"></a> URL Endpoints
The Icinga 2 API provides multiple URL endpoints:
URL Endpoints | Description
--------------|--------------
/v1/actions | Endpoint for running specific [API actions](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-actions).
/v1/events | Endpoint for subscribing to [API events](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-actions).
/v1/status | Endpoint for receiving the global Icinga 2 [status and statistics](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-status).
/v1/objects | Endpoint for querying, creating, modifying and deleting [config objects](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-config-objects).
/v1/config | Endpoint for [managing configuration modules](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-config-management).
/v1/types | Endpoint for listing Icinga 2 configuration object types and their attributes.
/v1/console | Endpoint for evaluating arbitrary expressions. Used by the [Icinga 2 console](9-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-clients-cli-console).
Please check the respective sections for detailed URL information and parameters.
## <a id="icinga2-api-actions"></a> Actions
There are several actions available for Icinga 2 provided by the `/v1/actions`