API Key Usage¶

A user may pass their API key in one of several ways. In order of precedence:

HTTP Header¶

Pass the API key into the X-Api-Key header:

curl -H 'X-Api-Key: DEMO_KEY' 'http://example.com/api'

Pass the API key into the api_key GET query string parameter:

curl 'http://example.com/api?api_key=DEMO_KEY'

Note: The GET query parameter may be used for non-GET requests (such as POST and PUT).

As an alternative, pass the API key as the username (with an empty password) using HTTP basic authentication:

$ curl 'http://DEMO_KEY@example.com/api'