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 Web API Manager
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+Note
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+By default, this extension does not make any changes. No aspects of the Web
+API are affected until you start creating custom rule sets, or modifying what
+Web API standards sites have access to by default. You can start creating
+these rules through the site's configuration pane.
+
 
 Overview
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