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+NDN Common Client Libraries API
+===============================
+
+This documents the API for the NDN client libraries, showing the classes and method declarations for C++, JavaScript and Python.
+
+Table of Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+   name
+   interest
+   data
+   signature
+   face
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+
+.. Indices and tables
+.. ==================
+
+.. * :ref:`genindex`
+.. * :ref:`modindex`
+.. * :ref:`search`
+