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Overview

To authenticate with Cohere, you need:
  1. API Key — a trial or production API key from your Cohere dashboard.
This guide will show you how to get it.

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Prerequisites

  • A Cohere account. Every new account gets a free, rate-limited trial key: sign up.

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Step 1: Create an API key

  1. Sign in to the Cohere dashboard. If you just signed up, confirm your email address first.
  2. In the sidebar under Platform, click API Keys.
The API Keys link in the Cohere dashboard sidebar
  1. Cohere creates a trial key named default when you sign up. To make a separate key, click New Trial key in the Trial keys section, enter a name, and click Generate Trial key.
The New Trial key button in the Trial keys section of the Cohere API Keys page
  1. Copy the key with the copy button, then click Close.
The New Trial key dialog with the copy button next to the new key
Trial keys are free but rate limited, and Cohere does not permit them for production or commercial use. For a production key, an organization Owner clicks Get your Production key and completes the Go to Production application. See Going live.

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Step 2: Enter your API key in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Cohere.
  2. Enter your API Key in the designated field.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
The Cohere connection form in the Nango Connect UI You are now connected to Cohere.