# Virtualitics Explore Python API (pyVIP)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/virtualitics/virtualitics-explore-python-api/  
**Provider:** Virtualitics — https://apis.io/providers/virtualitics/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.virtualitics.com/hc/en-us/articles/25110834780435-Using-the-Virtualitics-Python-API-pyVIP

Virtualitics Explore Python API (pyVIP) is one of 2 APIs that [Virtualitics](https://apis.io/providers/virtualitics/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Data Visualization, Python, and WebSocket. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes a getting-started guide.

pyVIP is the Virtualitics Python API for Virtualitics Explore. It runs over a WebSocket connection between Virtualitics Explore (server) and a Python session (client), launched from the API section of the Explore Settings window on a user-chosen port, and authenticated with an API Token generated in the Virtualitics Account Portal (VIP_AUTH_TOKEN), optionally with a client-supplied encryption key (VIP_ENCRYPTION_KEY). Because the server is the user's own Explore instance there is no vendor-hosted base URL.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.virtualitics.com/hc/en-us/articles/25103039519635-Setting-up-the-Virtualitics-Python-API-pyVIP-with-Virtualitics-Explore
- **Examples** — https://docs.virtualitics.com/hc/en-us/articles/25112049215123-Virtualitics-Python-API-Example-Notebooks

## Other Virtualitics APIs (1)

- [Virtualitics AI Platform (VAIP) Developer Experience](https://apis.io/apis/virtualitics/virtualitics-ai-platform/)

## Tags

Data Visualization, Python, WebSocket

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