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# Connecting to a Remote Web Service

Tutorial·19 January 2016·5 min 28 sec

How to bring a third-party HTTP API into DreamFactory as a managed service — demonstrated against the Edmunds REST API — so an external dependency sits behind the same keys, roles, and logging as everything else.

**Recorded in 2016.** The concepts still apply, but the interface shown predates the current DreamFactory release. Some steps may differ in the current release.

## What you’ll learn

* Registering a third-party HTTP API as a service
* Putting external calls behind your own keys and roles
* Bringing an outside dependency into your API estate

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