<p>A developer should be able to set up the API client and start sending test messages in around 30 minutes. A full integration can take a few days, depending on the other systems you’re using.</p>
<h2class="font-body-lg"id="integrate-directly-with-the-api">Integrate directly with the API</h2>
<p>If you cannot use the client libraries, you can integrate directly with the API instead.</p>
<p>Read the <aclass="usa-link"href="https://docs.notifications.service.gov.uk/rest-api.html"target="_blank"rel="noopener">REST API documentation</a> (this link opens in a new tab).</p>