# Personal Data Server (PDS) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/atproto/pds-api/  
**Provider:** AT Protocol — https://apis.io/providers/atproto/  
**Base URL:** https://atproto.com/xrpc/com.atproto  
**Documentation:** https://atproto.com/guides/self-hosting

Personal Data Server (PDS) API is one of 15 APIs that [AT Protocol](https://apis.io/providers/atproto/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include PDS, Personal Data Server, Repository, Sync, and Self-Hosting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The PDS hosts a user's repository of signed records and exposes the com.atproto.* XRPC methods for account creation, authentication, record CRUD, blob upload, and repository sync. A PDS is the home server for an actor; users can migrate their account (and full record history) between PDS hosts while keeping the same DID.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://atproto.com/guides/self-hosting
- **Specification** — https://atproto.com/specs/repository
- **Reference** — https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/tree/main/packages/pds

## Other AT Protocol APIs (12)

- [AT Protocol Firehose (Event Stream)](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/firehose/)
- [AT Protocol actor API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-actor-api/)
- [AT Protocol feed API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-feed-api/)
- [AT Protocol graph API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-graph-api/)
- [AT Protocol identity API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-identity-api/)
- [AT Protocol notification API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-notification-api/)
- [AT Protocol repo API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-repo-api/)
- [AT Protocol server API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-server-api/)
- [AT Protocol sync API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-sync-api/)
- [AT Protocol XRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/atproto-xrpc/)
- [AT Protocol Lexicon Schemas](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/lexicon/)
- [AT Protocol Relay & Firehose](https://apis.io/apis/atproto/relay-firehose/)

## Tags

PDS, Personal Data Server, Repository, Sync, Self-Hosting

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