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+.. _httpapi_plugins:
+
+Httpapi Plugins
+===============
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+   :depth: 2
+
+Httpapi plugins tell Ansible how to interact with a remote device's HTTP-based API and execute tasks on the
+device.
+
+Each plugin represents a particular dialect of API. Some are platform-specific (Arista eAPI, Cisco NXAPI), while others might be usable on a variety of platforms (RESTCONF). Ansible loads the appropriate httpapi plugin automatically based on the ``ansible_network_os`` variable.
+
+
+.. _enabling_httpapi:
+
+Adding httpapi plugins
+-------------------------
+
+You can extend Ansible to support other APIs by dropping a custom plugin into the ``httpapi_plugins`` directory. See :ref:`developing_plugins_httpapi` for details.
+
+.. _using_httpapi:
+
+Using httpapi plugins
+------------------------
+
+The httpapi plugin to use is determined automatically from the ``ansible_network_os`` variable.
+
+Most httpapi plugins can operate without configuration. Additional options may be defined by each plugin.
+
+Plugins are self-documenting. Each plugin should document its configuration options.
+
+
+The following sample playbook shows the httpapi plugin for an Arista network device, assuming an inventory variable set as ``ansible_network_os=eos`` for the httpapi plugin to trigger off:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  - hosts: leaf01
+    connection: httpapi
+    gather_facts: false
+    tasks:
+
+      - name: type a simple arista command
+        eos_command:
+          commands:
+            - show version | json
+        register: command_output
+
+      - name: print command output to terminal window
+        debug:
+          var: command_output.stdout[0]["version"]
+
+See the full working example `on GitHub <https://github.com/network-automation/httpapi>`_.
+
+.. _httpapi_plugin_list:
+
+Viewing httpapi plugins
+-----------------------
+
+These plugins have migrated to collections on `Ansible Galaxy <https://galaxy.ansible.com>`_. If you installed Ansible version 2.10 or later using ``pip``, you have access to several httpapi plugins. To list all available httpapi plugins on your control node, type ``ansible-doc -t httpapi -l``. To view plugin-specific documentation and examples, use ``ansible-doc -t httpapi``.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   :ref:`Ansible for Network Automation<network_guide>`
+       An overview of using Ansible to automate networking devices.
+   :ref:`Developing network modules<developing_modules_network>`
+       How to develop network modules.
+   `User Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
+       Have a question?  Stop by the google group!
+   `irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
+       #ansible-network IRC chat channel