--- title: "Best Practice | Available API Actions" slug: "best-practice-available-actions" updated: 2024-02-16T20:12:34Z published: 2024-02-16T20:12:34Z canonical: "developers.cmicglobal.com/best-practice-available-actions" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cmicglobal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Best Practice | Available API Actions ## API Actions CMiC APi support the following methods: | Method | Description | | --- | --- | | GET | This action is required to retrieve data from CMiC. | | POST | This action is required to create/insert data into CMiC. | | PATCH | This action is required to update data in the CMiC, with a few exceptions that are identified on the related APis. | | DELETE | This action is required to permanently purge a single data row from CMiC. |