# API Reference

> Links to the GitGuardian API reference documentation and notes the base URL differences for self-hosted instances.

The [**API Reference Documentation**](https://api.gitguardian.com/docs) contains useful information for developers about the GitGuardian API.

> Note that if you are using a GitGuardian self-hosted instance, the base url of the API routes will be `https://dashboard.gitguardian.mycorp.local/exposed/` instead of `https://api.gitguardian.com/`.  For example, the scan route will be: `https://dashboard.gitguardian.mycorp.local/exposed/v1/scan`

Examples are provided in all supported programming languages (e.g. Python and Go).