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

# Using the API

This section illustrates how to access Materials Project data through the API using the officially supported Python client package `mp-api`.