# API Overview

Direct Connect APIs allow you to use all Direct Connect functions.

Table 1 Direct Connect APIs
Category | Sub-Category | Description
--- | --- | ---
Direct Connect API | Connection | Used to create, query, and update connections.
Virtual gateway | Used to manage virtual gateways, including the APIs used to create, delete, query, and update a virtual gateway, and the API to query the virtual gateway list.
Virtual interface | Used to manage virtual interfaces, including the APIs used to create, delete, query, and update a virtual interface, and the API to query the virtual interface list.
Direct Connect endpoint group | Used to manage Direct Connect endpoint groups, including the APIs used to create, delete, query, and update a Direct Connect endpoint group, and the API to query the Direct Connect endpoint group list.