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<chapter id="chap-AppStream-API">
	<title>AppStream API Reference</title>

	<para>
		A reference of AppStream's public API can be fount on the
		<ulink url="api/index.html">API reference pages</ulink>.
	</para>
	<para>
		AppStream provides a second library with building blocks to compose metadata catalogs.
		It is used by the <command>appstreamcli compose</command> utility as well as
		<ulink url="https://github.com/ximion/appstream-generator">AppStream Generator</ulink>.
		You can find its API description on the <ulink url="compose-api/index.html">libappstream-compose API reference</ulink>.
		Please keep in mind that the compose library interface is still not fully stabilized.
	</para>
	<para>
		If you want to use the PackageKit API, look at
		<ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/gtk-doc/">the PackageKit reference manual</ulink>.
	</para>

</chapter>
