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title: Extension
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In the process of creating AI applications, developers face constantly changing business needs and complex technical challenges. Effectively leveraging extension capabilities can not only enhance the flexibility and functionality of applications but also ensure the security and compliance of enterprise data. Dify offers the following two methods of extension:

<Card title="api-based-extension" icon="link" href="api-based-extension/">
  api-based-extension
</Card>

<Card title="code-based-extension" icon="link" href="code-based-extension/">
  code-based-extension
</Card>

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