# Zrok public beta **URL:** \ **Category:** Ziti Overlay\ **Created:** [August 6, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/zrok-public-beta/1448 "2023-08-06T01:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markamind](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/markamind/32/157_2.png) [@markamind](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/markamind)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/zrok-public-beta/1448/1 "2023-08-06T01:24:05Z")
Exciting to see it now in public beta. Checking if the tunnelling can be used to share API access… does this make any sense? [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/netfoundry/original/2X/2/207a8c3da6fe4036da0ae2232d9ba06984ecf970.jpeg "Ziti TV Aug 4 2023 - zrok public beta!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_7eLFGxgGY) ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/zrok-public-beta/1448/2 "2023-08-06T22:04:29Z")
You would need to run zrok at the client end currently, but given that zrok now supports tcp and udp, you can use it for API access if that suits your needs, sure ---
**Author:** ![michael.quigley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/michael.quigley/32/1123_2.png) [@michael.quigley](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/michael.quigley)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/zrok-public-beta/1448/3 "2023-08-07T00:47:20Z")
It mostly depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. If this is an HTTP API you could certainly use `zrok` with a public share and expose it that way… The “tunnels” in `zrok` are just a lower-level type of share… they’re raw TCP or UDP, and those are only bound using `zrok access private`. You could run a single instance of `access private` as a LAN gateway for an API if you wanted to use it that way. There’s a lot of possibilities, but it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish.