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# Downloading an API Proxy

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

You use a proxy to manage your API without having to change its implementation and to prevent
attacks on the server. Mule Runtime is the server that hosts a Mule proxy application.

> [!NOTE] You must have View APIs Configuration permission to download a proxy.

You can download a proxy that you generated in API Manager by following this procedure.

1.  Navigate to **Anypoint Platform** > **API Manager**.

2.  In **API Administration**, click the API instance whose proxy you want to download.

3.  Click **Actions** and select **Download Proxy**.

## See Also

- [Granting Permission to Access an environment](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/latest/environment-permission-task)

- [Creating an API instance on API Manager](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-manager/latest/api-instance-landing-page)

- [Reviewing API Gateway API Autodiscovery concepts](https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-gateway/mule-gateway-autodiscovery-overview)