# API documentation

**URL:** <https://forum.xbench.net/t/api-documentation/451>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/api-documentation/451 "2019-02-27T13:10:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AndreasLj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@AndreasLj](https://forum.xbench.net/u/AndreasLj)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/api-documentation/451/1 "2019-02-27T13:10:51Z")

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Hello,

does Xbench have a documented API? I’d be keen to do some research on the API methods available.

Thank you.  
Andreas

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**Author:** ![omartin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/omartin/32/82_2.png) [@omartin](https://forum.xbench.net/u/omartin)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/api-documentation/451/2 "2019-02-27T14:32:40Z")

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Hi Andreas,

Implementation guidelines about programming QA plugins can be found [here](https://docs.xbench.net/programmer-reference-qa-plugins/implementation-guidelines/).

Best regards,  
Oscar.

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**Author:** ![pcondal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/pcondal/32/305_2.png) [@pcondal](https://forum.xbench.net/u/pcondal)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/api-documentation/451/3 "2019-02-28T08:35:49Z")

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Besides the QA plugins (for example, the instant spell-checking engine is a QA plugin), you can also achieve some automation by generating suitable files for Xbench.

Xbench file formats are documented in [GitHub](https://github.com/xbench/xbench-file-formats).

For example, the Xbench plugin for Studio generates suitable .xbp and .xml files and then launches Xbench.