Overview of Agent API

Symphony Agent APIs 
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The Symphony Agent is responsible for encryption and decryption of messages and content sent to and from a bot. As a result, the Agent API is used to build applications that send and receive messages and content. The following guide includes API collections that exist on the Agent:
Message APIs 
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The Message APIs create, read and search messages on the Pod. These APIs can be used to do the following:
Get messages
Create messages
Get attachments
List attachments
Import messages
Suppress messages
Search messages
Get message status
List message receipts
The full list of Messages API endpoints and their corresponding reference guide can be found here: https://developers.symphony.com/restapi/reference#messages-v4​
Datafeed APIs 
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The Datafeed APIs create and manage real-time event streams from the Pod to your bot. These APIs can be used to do the following:
Create Datafeed
Read Datafeed
For more information on how Symphony Datafeeds allow your bot to create rich and interactive workflows, navigate here:
Datafeed
The full list of Datafeed API endpoints and their corresponding reference guide can be found here: https://developers.symphony.com/restapi/reference#introduction-to-datafeed​
Signal APIs 
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The Signal APIs create and manage tailored alerts based on mention or tag criteria. These APIs can be used to do the following:
List signals
Get signal details
Create a signal
Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a signal
List signal subscribers
The full list of Signals API endpoints and their corresponding reference guide can be found here: https://developers.symphony.com/restapi/reference#list-signals​
Basic APIs 
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This group of APIs perform testing and obtain diagnostics regarding the health of Symphony components. These APIs can be used to do the following:
Perform a component health check
Obtain Agent Info
Perform an echo test 
Get session info
The full list of Basics API endpoints and their corresponding reference guide can be found here: https://developers.symphony.com/restapi/reference#health-check-v3​