> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://lovable.generaltranslation.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introduction > Extend your website's functionality by using integrations and external APIs. Lovable has native seamless integrations to export code and to add a backend. But it is also possible to integrate an external API if you are looking to add that specific functionality to your website. ## What is an API? An API is a way for software applications to communicate and share data with each other. Different APIs offer different functionality such as sending emails or processing payments. You can read more about the power of APIs in [this article on our blog](https://lovable.dev/blog/2025-01-28-the-power-of-apis). ## Native integrations Explore the sections below to get started quickly and learn more about our native GitHub and Supabase integrations. Understand how to integrate Lovable with GitHub to export your code and for seamless version control. Add a backend to your website using Supabase, to support authentication and persistent data storage. ## Verified integrations Verified integrations work best with Lovable: Add payment processing capabilities to your app. Add AI capabilities to your app using OpenAI's models. Add AI capabilities to your app using Anthropic's Claude models. Add email capabilities to your app using Resend's modern email API. Comprehensive User Management Platform. Add interactive 3D graphics to your app. Create dynamic, interactive data visualizations. Create professional, interactive charts and visualizations. Create creative coding projects and interactive graphics. Make your app generate images from text prompts. Add Text-to-Speech functionality. Visual platform for building workflows that automate tasks and connect apps. Run and fine-tune open-source AI models. Develops open AI models across various modalities. Add SMS capabilities to your app using Twilio. Build workflows with visual platform for your application. ## Using any API with Lovable All other callable APIs can still be integrated, but they often require additional context and instructions. You might have: * **Internal systems with custom APIs**\ These could be services your team has built (e.g. inventory systems, analytics pipelines, internal tools) that expose REST or GraphQL endpoints but aren’t publicly documented or widely known. You want Lovable to pull from or send data to these systems to automate workflows or power user interfaces. * **Third-party APIs Lovable doesn’t yet support**\ Maybe you use a niche SaaS product, a specialized data provider, or a partner integration that Lovable doesn’t have built-in knowledge of. Even though it’s not officially supported, you still want Lovable to connect, make calls, and work with the data. In both cases, the challenge is the same: Lovable doesn’t “know” the API by default. But with good documentation and authentication setup, it can still use it effectively. Either way, the approach is the same: **Lovable can still connect to it**. Here’s how. Lovable works best when it understands the API. You can provide: * **OpenAPI specification** (if available) * **Copy-pasted docs or examples** (especially endpoints and sample requests/responses) The clearer the documentation, the better Lovable can reason about how to call the API. For APIs that require authentication: **Option 1: Use Supabase Edge Functions as a proxy** * Store secrets securely on Supabase * Let Lovable call the API endpoint via the Edge Function (not the API directly) **Option 2: Implement the API integration directly in your Lovable project** * Expose an authentication endpoint (e.g. to exchange credentials for a token or session) * Let Lovable call that auth endpoint as part of the integration flow * Include tokens, headers, or session info in subsequent API calls Example APIs: Powers navigation for people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. Create and ship interactive animations. Run or fine-tune leading open source models with only a few lines of code. OS product analytics to provide user behavior, session replays & A/B testing. Turn websites into LLM-ready data. Add powerful AI capabilities to your app. Automation tool that connects different web applications. Add flowcharts especially useful for visualizing workflows and processes. Run machine learning models directly in the browser without a server. Add AI capabilities to your app. Make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages. Offer AI search engine into your applications. Cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools developed by Google. E-commerce platform that simplifies selling digital products. Integrate Google Search results into your applications. Note-taking, task management, and database functions. Send, receive, and track emails. Scheduling tool that simplifies meeting planning. Email delivery service for transactional and marketing emails management & delivery. Rich-text editor for a WYSIWYG editing experience. Automates the generation of images and videos for social media. Accept payments, manage sales, and handle various aspects of commerce. AI-generated video creation services. [Open source metering and usage-based billing](https://www.getlago.com/) Embed event and ticketing information. Add GIFs to your apps. Generate AI powered typography and images. Create or share events Access a library of free sound effects & loops. Convert, merge, and edit PDFs. Build AI-powered bots. Text-to-image generators. Automate messages and workflows. Access the Petfinder database of hundreds of thousands of pets. Search and access data on all players, events, TV listings, and scores. Access current weather data for any location. Add a variety of Youtube features to your application. Access job listings and other career resources. Search and retrieve royalty-free images and videos. Realtime and historical financial market data. Curate and access to real-time global news from variety of sources. Accept donations, sell products, receive requests and earm from streaming. Track repository activity and contributions. Search news and blog articles on the blog from 150K worldwide sources. Integrate service content, get reservations and direct your customers' reviews to Trip. Collect transaction data. Search for New York Times articles. Query latest financial markets data. Create word clouds. Generate and decode or read QR code graphics. Add music-related features to your application. Compile and run code in several languages. Access to a large database of cocktail recipes, ingredients and images. Access descriptions of different types of beers like ales, lagers, porters, stouts and more. Retrieve, create, update and delete hashtags. Provide employment opportunities on your site. Transmit one or more Trip to the SFMTA Electronic Access Taxi System. Access UPC database. Access information about time zones, convert time between time zones and track daylight saving time. Graphing library makes interactive, publication-quality graphs. Micro-backend. Integrate Paypal checkout solutions in your applications. Backend alternative. Create, update people, accounts, subscriptions and invoices. Text-to-Vector image generation. Automations and workflows. Uncensored AI conversations and image generation. Enhance your e-commerce capabilities. Backend and automation. Custom logic integrations and deployments. Automation and workflow solution. Fetch and send data between your application. Data analysis tool. Data analysis tool. Render customizable diagrams, charts and visualizations. Alternative to Stripe. Create checkout processes. Integrate Canva into your own web apps. Build payment interface (Indian) Real-time market data. Animation library. Integrate natural language processing and generation into your products. Access hundreds of AI models. Deploy custom AI models. Online payment gateway (Africa) Create video with AI and render into an MP4 file. Payments, tax and subscription management. Pull data such as activity levels and heart rate from Polar devices.