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title: Access the Elastic Cloud API using Elastic Cloud Control
description: The ecctl command line interface offers a convenient method to perform operations available through the Elastic Cloud API by wrapping requests into memorable...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-api-ecctl
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Access the Elastic Cloud API using Elastic Cloud Control
The ecctl command line interface offers a convenient method to perform operations available through the Elastic Cloud API by wrapping requests into memorable commands. For more information on how to install and use the tool, check the [Elastic Cloud Control documentation](https://docs-edge.elastic.dev/docs/reference/ecctl), which includes several usage examples to help you get started.