> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.earthscale.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.earthscale.ai/http-api/earthscale-http-api.md).

# Earthscale HTTP API

This is the API that can be used to add and list datasets. We recommend to use the [Python API](/python-api/getting-started.md) for this, since it makes it easier to authenticate. If you need help with using the HTTP API directly, please contact <support@earthscale.ai>.

Dataset responses from this API return the URLs of the tilers that can be used to retrieve raster tiles or pixel information. The available tilers depend on the dataset type and whether or not the dataset has been accelerated already:

* The [dynamic tiler](/http-api/dynamic-tiler-http-api.md) works for any dataset.
  * Performance depends on the source data structure
* The [fast tiler](/http-api/fast-tiler-http-api.md) is only available for accelerated (pre-processed) datasets
  * Always high-performance

Both of these tilers use API keys to authenticate, so they are easy to integrate into your applications. The easiest way to obtain URLs for them is from the Earthscale web application (see [Use Earthscale in Your Products](/earthscale-documentation/use-earthscale-in-your-products.md))


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