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# Cloudinary - How do I link my account?

## Overview

To authenticate with Cloudinary, you need:

1. **Region** — the API host of the data center your account uses.
2. **Cloud name** — the name of your Cloudinary product environment.
3. **API Key** — the API key of the product environment.
4. **API Secret** — the secret that belongs to that API key.

This guide will show you how to get them.

### Prerequisites

* A Cloudinary account. You can [sign up for free](https://cloudinary.com/users/register_free).

### Step 1: Find your region

Cloudinary serves the API from a separate host per data center. Select the host where your account was created:

| Data center | Value to select |
| - | - |
| US (default) | `api.cloudinary.com` |
| Europe | `api-eu.cloudinary.com` |
| Asia Pacific | `api-ap.cloudinary.com` |

The Europe and Asia Pacific data centers are only available on Enterprise plans and must be arranged when the account is created. If you did not arrange one, select `api.cloudinary.com`. See [Admin API overview](https://cloudinary.com/documentation/admin_api) for details.

### Step 2: Find your cloud name and create an API key

1. Sign in to the [Cloudinary Console](https://console.cloudinary.com/).
2. Click the **Settings** (gear) icon in the left sidebar, then under **Product environment settings** select [API Keys](https://console.cloudinary.com/app/settings/api-keys).
3. Note your **Cloud name**, shown next to the **API Keys** title. Then click **Generate New API Key**.

![Cloudinary API Keys page with the cloud name next to the title and the Generate New API Key button](https://mintcdn.com/nango/P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj/api-integrations/cloudinary/api_keys_page.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj\&q=85\&s=33d0c80cb79c6019813ba6e0763bbfc2)

4. Enter a **Key Name** and pick the roles the key needs (for example **Viewer** and **Reports** for read-only access), then click **Create**.

![Create API Key dialog in Cloudinary with the key name, Viewer and Reports roles, and the Create button](https://mintcdn.com/nango/P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj/api-integrations/cloudinary/create_api_key_dialog.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj\&q=85\&s=1c3b1784130e497541c17a231e5abe97)

5. In the new row of the table, copy the value in the **API Key** column, then click the copy icon in the **API Secret** column to copy the API Secret. You may be asked for a confirmation code sent to your email before you can see the secret.

![Cloudinary API Keys table with the new key and the copy button for its API secret](https://mintcdn.com/nango/P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj/api-integrations/cloudinary/api_key_created.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj\&q=85\&s=e7ccb22348f90183b1df8516c7f0f5aa)

### Step 3: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Cloudinary.
2. Select your **Region** and enter your **Cloud name**.
3. Enter your API key in the **API Key** field and your API secret in the **API Secret** field.
4. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.

![Cloudinary connection form in the Nango Connect UI](https://mintcdn.com/nango/P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj/api-integrations/cloudinary/form.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=P77qG8j6QlpdlTDj\&q=85\&s=7a2217bdff3f5c24b4d922bab18d47fb)

You are now connected to Cloudinary.


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