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+# ZeroTier OpenAPI-generated Rust API Libraries
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+These libraries are generated by the [openapi-generator](https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator) and contain code to interact with the following services:
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+- crate zerotier-one-api: ZeroTierOne (typically over `http://localhost:9993`)
+- crate zerotier-central-api: ZeroTier Central (Through [ZeroTier Central](https://my.zerotier.com))
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+The libraries are generated from our [OpenAPI Sources](https://docs.zerotier.com) and can be generated in a similar way for many languages. These libraries in particular are published to [crates.io](https://crates.io) and used in [zeronsd](https://github.com/zerotier/zeronsd) and other ZeroTier products.
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+They are licensed under a BSD-3-Clause license.