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# API Conventions

This section describes data types and formats of the HTTP APIs (JSON-RPC and WebSocket) as implemented in [the `rippled` server](xrpl-servers.html).

For information on the XRP Ledger protocol that applies to all APIs, see [Protocol Reference](protocol-reference.html).
