// tag::cloud[] **Use {kib}** //tag::kibana-api-ex[] . Open {kib}'s main menu and go to **Dev Tools > Console**. + [role="screenshot"] image::images/kibana-console.png[{kib} Console,align="center"] . Run the following example API request in the console: + [source,console] ---- GET / ---- //end::kibana-api-ex[] **Use curl** To communicate with {es} using curl or another client, you need your cluster's endpoint. . Open {kib}'s main menu and click **Manage this deployment**. . From your deployment menu, go to the **Elasticsearch** page. Click **Copy endpoint**. . To submit an example API request, run the following curl command in a new terminal session. Replace `` with the password for the `elastic` user. Replace `` with your endpoint. + [source,sh] ---- curl -u elastic: / ---- // NOTCONSOLE // end::cloud[] // tag::self-managed[] **Use {kib}** include::api-call.asciidoc[tag=kibana-api-ex] **Use curl** To submit an example API request, run the following curl command in a new terminal session. [source,sh] ---- curl -X GET http://localhost:9200/ ---- // NOTCONSOLE // end::self-managed[]