---
title: "Reading API Pages in Business Central"
description: "Reading API Pages in Business Central"
keywords: "API Pages,Business Central"
url: "https://myrapidi.com/wiki/reading_api_pages_in_business_central"
locale: "en"
published: "2024-10-03T11:54:19Z"
modified: "2025-10-25T09:04:22Z"
---

Via the [Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central OData](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/ms_dynamics_nav_odata) connection, you can also read API Pages. In order to do so, you would need to make sure that the API request URLs follow a specific structure:

https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/{environment}/api/{publisher}/{group}/{version}/{entity}  
  
**_Breakdown of the URL_** :

1. **https** : The protocol used for secure communication over the web.
2. **api.businesscentral.dynamics.com** : The base domain where the Business Central API is hosted.
3. **v2.0** : This indicates the version of the API you are using. In this case, it's version 2.0.
4. **{environment}** : This part refers to the environment in which your Business Central instance is running. It could be:
  - **Production** : Your live environment.
  - **Sandbox** : Your test or development environment.

5. **api** : This part signifies that you're accessing the API layer of Business Central.
6. **{publisher}** : The publisher of the API. Microsoft-provided APIs will use "Microsoft" as the publisher.
7. **{group}** : This defines the group or module of the API, such as "financials," "sales," or "inventory." It groups APIs based on business areas.
8. **{version}** : The version of the specific API group. Typically, you will see "v2.0" or similar.
9. **{entity}** : This represents the specific data entity you're interacting with, such as "customers," "salesOrders," or "items."

Examples:  
  
https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/Production/api/v2.0/customers  
  
https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/Production/api/MyCompany/Inventory/v1.0/items  
  
https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/{environment}/api/{publisher}/{group}/{version}/companies({companyId})/{entity}  
  
Important: Reading API pages in Business Central is **not supported for all versions:**

- **Business Central Online** (Cloud): API pages are fully supported for all API versions (v1.0, v2.0, etc.).
- **Business Central On-Premises** : API page support is available, but it requires proper configuration and depends on the version of the system.
- **Older versions of Dynamics NAV** : Modern API pages are **not available** for these versions.