---
title: "Web API for xConnect Data Tools"
slug: "web-api-for-xconnect-data-tools"
abstract: "Overview of the xConnect Data Tools Web API."
---
# Web API for xConnect Data Tools

You can use HTTP requests to run the Web API for xConnect Data Tool tasks from your content management (CM) instance.

The CM authentication restricts access to the Data Purge Web API. You must log in to the CM with the *sitecore\\Sitecore XConnect Data Admin* role, which authorizes requests for Data Tools operations.

All users that run Data Tools operations via the Web API or the XConnect CLI plugin must also have admin rights or be assigned to the *sitecore\\Sitecore XConnect Data Admin* role.

You can use any tool that allows you to send `GET`, `PUT`, and `POST` requests, for example, [Postman](https://www.postman.com/). If you use tools that let you send `GET` and `POST` requests, you must [use an access token](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/105/sitecore-experience-platform/get-an-access-token-for-web-api-for-xconnect.html "Get an access token for Web API for XConnect") to get access to the Web API for xConnect.