A REST API is provided with Opsview Monitor that you can use to interact with Opsview Monitor from either the command line on the Orchestrator server​ or from another system (for example, if you need to pull data into your own portal).

The API is covered in our [documentation](🔗) , but here are some examples of its use, all of which are based upon the command line tool provided on the Orchestrator server.

**Basic Command Line Use** The command and necessary minimum options required are: