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Overview

To authenticate with Amplitude, you will need:
  1. API Key - Your Amplitude API key for authentication.
  2. Secret Key - Your Amplitude secret key for authentication.
  3. Hostname - The hostname associated with your server residency.
This guide will walk you through generating your API Key and Secret Key, and finding your Hostname within Amplitude.

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Prerequisites:

  • You must have an Amplitude account with access to Organization settings and an Enterprise plan.

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Instructions:

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Step 1: Generating your Amplitude API Key

  1. Sign in to your Amplitude account.
  2. Select Organization settings in the upper navigation.
  3. Select API Keys. In the API Keys tab, you can see the legacy API key. This key was created along with the project.
  1. Select the project you’re interested in.
  2. Click Generate API Key.
  1. Name the API key and submit the form to generate it.

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Step 2: Generating your Amplitude Secret Key

  1. In the same API Keys section, select the appropriate project.
  2. Click Generate Secret Key.
  1. Name the secret key and copy it to a secure location.
Amplitude doesn’t store secret keys, and there is no way to retrieve them. (The Key ID is a unique identifier for your secret key, but it’s not the key itself.)

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Step 3: Finding your Hostname (Optional)

The hostname is optional and depends on your Amplitude server residency. The default is the standard server:
  • For standard server (default): Use amplitude.com or leave blank
  • For EU residency server: Use analytics.eu.amplitude.com

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Step 4: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

Once you have your API Key, Secret Key, and Hostname:
  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Amplitude.
  2. Enter your API Key, Secret Key and Hostname in their respective fields.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
You are now connected to Amplitude.