# Using the Content Delivery API documentation

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-for-developers/using-the-content-delivery-api-documentation |
| **course_slug** | contentstack-for-developers |
| **lesson_slug** | using-the-content-delivery-api-documentation |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/contentstack-for-developers/using-the-content-delivery-api-documentation.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-04T05:36:51.135Z |

> Part of **[Contentstack for Developers](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-for-developers)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Lesson text

Here's how you can start using our Content Delivery API documentation:

1.  Go to the [Get Entries](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-delivery-api/#get-all-entries) section of the Content Delivery Documentation.
    
2.  Click on the "Get all Entries" link to open the query window on the right.
    
3.  Update the parameters to use the following:
    
    *   content\_type\_uid: blog\_post
    *   environment: preview (or development; associated with the token that you'll be using)
    *   locale: en-us
    *   api\_key: (found in the settings / tokens / content delivery token settings page)
    *   access\_token: (found in the settings / tokens / content delivery token settings page)
    
    If you have questions, see the [CDA Postman guide](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-delivery-api/#postman-collection) for more details.
    
4.  Execute the request with the "Try" button.
    

Congrats! You just queried the Contentstack Content Delivery API!

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Using the Content Delivery API documentation** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Using the Content Delivery API documentation. Here's how you can start using our Content Delivery API documentation: 1. Go to the Get Entries (https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-delivery-api/ get-all-entries) section of the Content Delivery Documentation. 2. Click on the "Get all Entries" link to open the query window on the right. 3. Update the parameters to use the following: content\ type\ uid: blog\ post environment: preview (or development; associated with the token that you'll be using) locale: en-us api\ key: (found in the settings / tokens / content delivery token settings page) access\ token: (found in the settings / tokens / content delivery token settings page) If you have questions, see the CDA Postman

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### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| Get Entries | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-delivery-api/#get-all-entries` |
| CDA Postman guide | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/apis/content-delivery-api/#postman-collection` |