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import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"
import { GlossaryTooltip, Render, Tabs, TabItem, Steps } from "~/components"

Most development teams struggle to keep track of their APIs. Cloudflare API Discovery helps you map out and understand your attack surface area.

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Your API endpoints are discovered with both the Session Identifier-based Discovery and the Machine Learning-based Discovery.

To access Machine Learning-based Discovery, log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. Go to **API Shield** > **Discovery**. You may filter the source results by `Session Identifier` or `Machine Learning` to view results from each Discovery method.
To access Machine Learning-based Discovery:

<Tabs syncKey="dashNewNav">
<TabItem label="Old dashboard">
<Steps>
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **API Shield** > **Discovery**.
3. Filter the source results by `Session Identifier` or `Machine Learning` to view results from each Discovery method.
</Steps>
</TabItem>
<TabItem label="New dashboard" icon="rocket">
<Steps>
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Web assets** > **Discovery**
3. Filter the source results by `Session Identifier` or `Machine Learning` to view results from each Discovery method.
</Steps>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

If all of your zone’s API traffic contains the <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip> that you have configured, both sources may deliver the same results due to similarities between their underlying methodology. We expect Machine Learning-based Discovery to excel in discovering API traffic regardless of whether your API uses a session identifier.

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