Biology has entered the digital age and it is now possible to access and analyse many types of data online. Using EMBL-EBI tools and resources you can share your data, perform complex queries, and analyse data in many different ways. One way to make these kinds of bioinformatics tasks quicker and easier is to do them programmatically using web services. This webinar will introduce the concept of web services and how you can use them to access the tools and data available at EMBL-EBI.