Essential steps before doing anything else:
- Create an account
- Create a new Project (this could be the name of your API)
- Generate a new ‘Access Key’ (sometimes referred to as a root key)
- Copy your ‘Access Key’ and Project ID somewhere safe!
Let’s create your fist key
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Create a key
Open your favourite terminal, copy this API creation code into it. Don’t forget to replace
REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_PROJECT_ID
and REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_FOUND_IN_YOUR_ACCOUNT
with your actual values!All the properties...
All the properties...
Here’s an example of all the properties you can post to create a key:To automatically generate a key UID, you can remove the ‘key’ field.
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Server Response
You should see a response similar to this:
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Now validate the key
Run this CURL command in your terminal to validate the key is valid. Don’t forget to replace the
REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_FOUND_IN_YOUR_ACCOUNT
and YOUR_API_KEY
!4
Server Response
You should see a response similar to this: