# /license/requeststring

> The /license/requeststring endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its GET method, which creates the request string for a license from the Text Control store.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Endpoint
- **Path:** DS Server > API Reference > Web API > Licensing > /license/requeststring
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/llms-full.txt

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This endpoint offers the following method.

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
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| [`GET`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/get/llms-full.txt) | [/license/requeststring](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/get/llms-full.txt) | Generates a license request string that is used to request a license from the Text Control store. |

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## In This Section

- [GET /license/requeststring](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/licensing/requeststring/get/llms-full.txt): Generate a license request string from a serial number to request a license string from the Text Control store, then register it with POST /license/register.

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