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GraphicsMagick Programming Interfaces
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.. _`C Core` : api/api.html
.. _`C Wand` : wand/wand.html
.. _C++ : Magick++/index.html
.. _`node.js` : http://aheckmann.github.com/gm/
.. _PHP : http://pecl.php.net/package/gmagick
.. _Perl : perl.html
.. _Python: https://bitbucket.org/hhatto/pgmagick/
.. _Ruby : http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
.. _Tcl/Tk : http://www.graphicsmagick.org/TclMagick/doc/
.. _Windows OLE : ImageMagickObject.html



GraphicsMagick capabilities may be accessed from many languages and scripting
environments via programming APIs as shown in the following table:

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Language        Description
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`C Core`_       C language API for the lowest-level core programming interface.
`C Wand`_       C language API for the mid-level Wand API programming interface.
`C++`_          Magick++ provides an abstract object-oriented C++ interface.
`node.js`_	Graphicsmagick for node.js provides server-side support for
                Javascript programming with node.js.
PHP_		Gmagick provides a small and fast extension for PHP.
Perl_           PerlMagick provides an object-oriented Perl interface.
Python_         PgMagick provides the power and ease of the C++ API, but in Python.
Ruby_           RMagick provides a Ruby language extension  
`Tcl/Tk`_       TclMagick provides a scripting environment based on Tcl or Tcl/Tk.
`Windows OLE`_  The ImageMagickObject OLE control supports utility-style access via
                a COM+ object.
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*Some of these languages and scripting environments are supported by the
GraphicsMagick Group while others are developed and supported by third parties.*

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