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title: Use the Source API
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# Use the Source API
The Source API exposes services which let you create and manage [sources](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246/) and their corresponding [mapping](https://docs.coveo.com/en/217/) configuration and [indexing pipeline extensions (IPEs)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/206/) in a [Coveo organization](https://docs.coveo.com/en/185/).

In the [Coveo Administration Console](https://docs.coveo.com/en/183/), the [**Sources**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/sources/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/sources/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/sources/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/content/sources/)) page uses the Source API extensively.

> **Note**
>
> All REST API string fields are case-sensitive unless otherwise specified.
> For example, [search queries aren't case-sensitive](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3074/).
> 
> To keep behavior consistent across the [Coveo Platform](https://docs.coveo.com/en/186/), the same value passed to different REST APIs must always be passed using the same case.
> For example, if the [unique product identifier](https://docs.coveo.com/en/n73f0502#define-a-unique-product-identifier), such as `ec_product_id`, is passed to the Commerce API in lowercase, then it should also be passed to the Usage Analytics Write API in lowercase.

The articles in this section cover various Source API use cases:

* [Create a basic public Web source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/79/)

* [Create a Push source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/94/)

* [Get source detailed information](https://docs.coveo.com/en/65/)

* [Manage the mapping configuration of a source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/29/)

* [Mapping definition examples](https://docs.coveo.com/en/66/)

* [Possible sourceType values](https://docs.coveo.com/en/100/)

* [Possible crawlerInstanceType values](https://docs.coveo.com/en/160/)

Interactive generated reference documentation is also available through the [Swagger UI](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/docs?urls.primaryName=Source).