### General API Endpoints

Source: https://developer.vanta.com/docs/vanta-api-overview

This section details the general structure and interaction methods for the Vanta API, excluding specific endpoints.

```APIDOC
## API Structure

### Base URL
`https://api.vanta.com`

### Request Methods
* GET: Retrieve data
* POST: Create data
* PATCH & PUT: Update data
* DELETE: Remove data

### Query Parameters
* `pageSize` (integer): Adjust the number of results returned.
* `pageCursor` (string): Used to query additional pages after checking `results.pageInfo.hasNextPage`.
* Filters: Various endpoints support filters to refine data retrieval.
```

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### Authentication Endpoint

Source: https://developer.vanta.com/docs/vanta-api-overview

The Vanta API uses OAuth for authentication. This is the endpoint to obtain an authentication token.

```APIDOC
## POST /oauth/token

### Description
Obtain an OAuth token for authenticating API requests.

### Method
POST

### Endpoint
https://api.vanta.com/oauth/token
```

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### Error Handling

Source: https://developer.vanta.com/docs/vanta-api-overview

Standard HTTP response codes used by the Vanta API to indicate the success or failure of a request.

```APIDOC
## Response and Error Handling

### Success Response
* Status Code: 200 OK
* Body: Requested data in JSON format.

### Error Responses
* 400 - Bad request: Incorrectly formatted requests.
* 401 - Unauthorized: Missing or invalid authorization header.
* 403 - Forbidden: Authenticated user lacks permission for the resource.
* 404 - Not found: Requested resource or endpoint does not exist.
* 422 - Unprocessable entity: Request is semantically incorrect but syntactically valid.
* 429 - Too many requests: Rate limit exceeded.
* 500 - Internal Server error: Unexpected server error.
* 503 - Timeout: Request timed out on the service side.
* 504 - Gateway timeout: Gateway timed out.
```

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