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# Understand the APIs

These guides explain the conventions shared across the MK.IO APIs, including authentication, pagination, rate limits, errors, and resource states.

[](/platform/understanding/overview)

### API overview

Learn the shared base URL, authentication, list responses, and resource states.

[](/platform/understanding/pagination)

### Pagination

Understand how list responses expose pages of resources.

[](/platform/understanding/rate-limits)

### Rate limits

Learn how the APIs communicate request limits.

[](/platform/understanding/error-handling)

### Error handling

Interpret API errors and handle failed requests.

[](/platform/understanding/resource-states)

### Resource states

Track the state of resources and long-running operations.

[](/platform/understanding/webhooks)

### Webhooks

Understand event notifications from the platform.

## Docs

- [API overview](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/overview.md)
- [Error handling](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/error-handling.md)
- [Pagination and filtering](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/pagination.md)
- [Rate limits](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/rate-limits.md)
- [Resource states](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/resource-states.md)
- [Webhooks](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/platform/understanding/webhooks.md)