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    What you'll learn in this article

    This article will briefly introduce the concept of resource types and what they are used for.

    What are resource types?

    Resource types are plugins that you use to define what your block requires to function - and provides to the system. Anything a software component can consume or provide is implemented as a resource type. This can be anything from APIs and web pages to databases and disk space.

    Resource types are divided into 2 concepts:

    Consumers

    Consumer resources will show up on the left side of a block - and are things that the block requires to function. This can be anything from a specific type of database - to disk space, or an API client.

    Providers

    Provider resources are what the block provides to its plan. This is quite often an API - or a web application - but it could be anything.

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