# API Key

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Do you need a key? Contact your sales rep or contact to request one to start developing.
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### Key Types <a href="#key-types" id="key-types"></a>

#### Secret API Key <a href="#secret-api-key" id="secret-api-key"></a>

A secret API key is for the server side and should not be shared with the front end.

Example Key: `sec_23hcfb8374bfhc833i4uhx`

#### Public API Key <a href="#public-api-key" id="public-api-key"></a>

Your website uses a public API key to call the API. These keys are limited to your domain and are safe to share publicly.

Example Key: `pub_3ficuhb34u8fnxu34h9fm`

### Authenticating Requests <a href="#authenticating-requests" id="authenticating-requests"></a>

All requests to our APIs must include an ApiKey header for authentication.

Include your API key in the request headers as shown below:

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.autograb.com.au/v2/endpoint" \
  -H "ApiKey: your-api-key-here"
```

### Other Authentication Methods <a href="#authenticating-requests" id="authenticating-requests"></a>

We also support [OAuth](/authentication/oauth-authentication.md), and you can read more about this authentication mechanism here.


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