---
title: How to access the ECE API
description: To consume the Elastic Cloud Enterprise API, you can choose from one of the following methods: Elastic Cloud Control, The command line, A REST application...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/how-to-access-api
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
---

# How to access the ECE API
<note>
  This documentation applies to the Elastic Cloud Enterprise API only. If you are using [Elasticsearch Service](https://cloud.elastic.co/home), check the [Elastic Cloud API information](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-api-restful) instead.
</note>

To consume the Elastic Cloud Enterprise API, you can choose from one of the following methods:
- [Elastic Cloud Control](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/ece-api-ecctl)
- [The command line](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/ece-api-command-line)
- [A REST application (Postman)](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/ece-api-client-app)
- [Create your own custom API client](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/ece-api-generate-client)
- [The Elastic Cloud Terraform provider](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-enterprise/ece-api-terraform)