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src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/3do82whm/next/429cac6cd6c678fd393996a2afe750851fa01a49-400x400.jpg?h=112&w=112&fit=crop&auto=format" alt="Joe Holmes" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="56" height="56"/></div></div><div class="Author_text__eooe1"><h4 class="Author_name__3gBpB shared_fg2__gvnW7 shared_text2__BcBAQ"><a class="Author_profileLink__LZYIx shared_ghostLink__RI0VW shared_resetLink__WXQmo" href="/exchange/community/joeholmes">Joe Holmes</a></h4><p class="Author_bio__k5znZ shared_fg4__8eU1H shared_text4__vymfi">Software Developer and Technical Writer</p></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="ResourceArticle_mainContent__IJclC"><div class="BlockContent_root__A5xqv shared_fg3__NXgMk"><p>To understand why an <a class="GlossaryTooltip_trigger__CdKW_" data-state="closed" href="/glossary/api-first">API-first</a> CMS makes such a powerful addition to your project, let's first review how a conventional CMS delivers content.</p><p>A conventional CMS is designed as a monolithic stack, where a single back-end data source supplies a single front-end presentation. Both are usually part of one, unified application.</p><p>The way this system stores content is optimized for its editing experience as well as its specific website templating engine. Often, specific presentation considerations are stored intermingled with your authored content, too.</p><div data-block-key="63228d31c867"><h2 class="BlockContent_header_h2__f5Dv6 BlockContent_header__S_c2p BlockContent_anchoredHeading__cGKVW shared_fg1__EHH82 shared_header__67AqL" id="63228d31c867"><a class="BlockContent_copyAnchor__7Cy0v shared_fg2__gvnW7" href="/api-cms#63228d31c867"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 24"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path><path fill="currentColor" d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a>What is an API-first CMS?</h2></div><p><strong>An API-first CMS is a <!-- -->decoupled content management system that delivers content via an API</strong>, allowing for multichannel presentation and more flexible <!-- -->, allowing for multichannel presentation and more flexible <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="/what-is-a-digital-experience-platform">digital experience management</a>. The API makes it easy to integrate with a wide variety of web frameworks like <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="/nextjs-cms">Next.js</a>, <a class="GlossaryTooltip_trigger__CdKW_" data-state="closed" href="/glossary/nuxt">Nuxt</a>.js, <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="/gatsby-cms">Gatsby</a>, and more.</p><p>But, hold on...</p><div data-block-key="38947eb703c2"><h3 class="BlockContent_header_h3__d_9uj BlockContent_header__S_c2p BlockContent_anchoredHeading__cGKVW shared_fg1__EHH82 shared_header__67AqL" id="38947eb703c2"><a class="BlockContent_copyAnchor__7Cy0v shared_fg2__gvnW7" href="/api-cms#38947eb703c2"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 24"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path><path fill="currentColor" d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a>What is an API?</h3></div><p><strong>An API is a protocol that enables two pieces of software to communicate with one another</strong>: plug one application into another via an API, and they're suddenly able to cooperate. By providing a shared language they can agree on, an API allows totally different apps to work in harmony, even if they're on different servers, in different programming languages, in different parts of the world.</p><p>Think of an API, <strong>short for Application Programming Interface</strong>, like an outlet on your wall. Instead of providing electricity to appliances you plug into it, an API provides <em>data</em> to <em>applications</em> you plug into it.</p><p>By serving data from one application to another, APIs connect the world of software and enable companies and applications to coordinate across multiple domains.</p><p><a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.sanity.io/what-is-an-api">→ Learn more about what is an API</a></p><p>Do you see the improvement this can offer over conventional CMS architectures?</p><div data-block-key="9221ed01dca5"><h2 class="BlockContent_header_h2__f5Dv6 BlockContent_header__S_c2p BlockContent_anchoredHeading__cGKVW shared_fg1__EHH82 shared_header__67AqL" id="9221ed01dca5"><a class="BlockContent_copyAnchor__7Cy0v shared_fg2__gvnW7" href="/api-cms#9221ed01dca5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 24"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path><path fill="currentColor" d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a>Benefits of an API-first CMS</h2></div><p>While convenient (and revolutionary at the time of their invention), <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.sanity.io/headless-cms/headless-vs-traditional-cms">traditional CMS</a> architectures have a hard time keeping up with the speed of modern web development. Your content is chained to a single web presence, and serving it in multiple contexts or changing its front-end tech stacks is either cumbersome or totally off the menu.</p><p>Wouldn't it be nice if you could serve <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_self" href="https://www.sanity.io/blog/content-is-data">content as data</a>, so it could be consumed by unlimited front ends and custom applications? If that were your back end, you would be free to fashion your digital presence into anything you wanted, and scale it without a headache.</p><p>API-first CMSes and <a class="BlockContent_link__rjkAZ shared_link__QWAu0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="/content-platform">content platforms</a> make this possible. With Content APIs you're no longer tethered to a single, monolithic CMS architecture. 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Content can be served multichannel</h3></div><p>Instead of tethering your content to a single front-end presence, an API-first CMS provides the interface into which numerous front ends can plug in.</p><p>Phones, websites, apps, TV channels, augmented reality displays, and anything else that can consume an API now has access to your content, which can be crafted and engineered to tailor fit your exact business needs.</p><p>Because the only interface exposed to the presentation layer is the API itself, your back end is much more secure. You can also more easily connect it to analytics, CRM, project management tools, and other vital aspects of your business.</p><div data-block-key="a69b20c57920"><h3 class="BlockContent_header_h3__d_9uj BlockContent_header__S_c2p BlockContent_anchoredHeading__cGKVW shared_fg1__EHH82 shared_header__67AqL" id="a69b20c57920"><a class="BlockContent_copyAnchor__7Cy0v shared_fg2__gvnW7" href="/api-cms#a69b20c57920"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 24"><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"></path><path fill="currentColor" d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76 0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71 0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71 0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76 0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path></svg></a>2. Flexible and future-proof</h3></div><p>Every web developer knows how fast the landscape changes. Often the latest web tools are faster, easier, and more scalable than their predecessors. When it's time to pivot on presentation, you don't have time to lose–and you can't afford any back-end headaches.</p><p>In an API-first CMS, swapping out front ends makes no difference to your project's source of truth. The same API route serves the same payload, as always. No headaches, just shipping your work and iterating. 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