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+title: How do I see the list of API functions I can call, and how do I call them?
+date: '2015-06-21 16:00:00'
+---
+
+Here is an example script to get the documentation for the various API calls. To use any of the functions displayed, just provide any specified arguments in a dictionary.
+
+Note: the lbry api can only be used while either the app or lbrynet-daemon command line are running
+
+    import sys
+    from jsonrpc.proxy import JSONRPCProxy
+
+    try:
+      from lbrynet.conf import API_CONNECTION_STRING
+    except:
+      print "You don't have lbrynet installed!"
+      sys.exit(0)
+  
+    api = JSONRPCProxy.from_url(API_CONNECTION_STRING)
+    if not api.is_running():
+      print api.daemon_status()
+    else:
+      for func in api.help():
+        print "%s:\n%s" % (func, api.help({'function': func}))