title: API Frameworks
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meta: API frameworks are code libraries that provide well-tested, commonly-used functionality when building a web API.


API frameworks are code libraries that provide commonly-used functionality 
when building your own 
[web application programming interfaces](/application-programming-interfaces.html)
(APIs).


## Python API Frameworks
* [Django REST Framework](/django-rest-framework-drf.html)

* [API Star](https://docs.apistar.com/)

* Starlette

* Flask RESTful
