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# API Reference

Dive into the specifics of each API endpoint by checking out our complete documentation.

## Offer Credentials

If an organisation wants to provide credentials to users, e.g. as a login credential, the organisation can use the sideos API to create Verifiable Credentials and offer these Verifiable Credentials to their users to be stored in their SSI Wallet. 

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[Offer Credentials](/sideos-api-documentation/reference/api-reference/offer-credentials.md)
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## Request Credentials

If an organisation wants to get verifiable data from a user, e.g. to authenticate a web user, the organisation can use the sideos API to create a request for Verifiable Credentials from an SSI wallet. If the SSI wallet has the requested credential types available, it will respond with the verifiable credentials if authorised by the user.

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[Request Credentials](/sideos-api-documentation/reference/api-reference/request-credentials.md)
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## Templates

In the calls to create Credential Request or Credential Offer is a reference to the respective credential type by its ID. You can call the API to get the type definition of a certain template.  

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[Templates](/sideos-api-documentation/reference/api-reference/templates.md)
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