# About mock APIs

The product or feature that you are using Fabricate data for might not be able to interact directly with a database.

Instead, it interacts with an API that in turn interacts with the database.

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To support this use case, you can define a mock API for a rule-based database.

For more information, view the [video tutorial](https://youtu.be/1k9lddwf6Rs).

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Define a mock API</strong><br><br>Define the API directly or use AI.</td><td><a href="mock-api-configure">mock-api-configure</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Create and query data snapshots</strong><br><br>Data snapshots provide the data for a mock API to query against.</td><td><a href="database-snapshot">database-snapshot</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Mock API reference</strong><br><br>Structure and syntax for a mock API.</td><td><a href="mock-api-reference">mock-api-reference</a></td></tr></tbody></table>