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Overview

To authenticate with Countdown API, you need:
  1. API Key — the API key of your Countdown API account.
This guide will show you how to get it.

Prerequisites

  • A Countdown API account. You can sign up for free: the free trial gives you 100 requests and no credit card is required.

Step 1: Copy your API key

  1. Log in to the Countdown API dashboard. You land on the API Playground.
  2. Your API Key is shown at the top right of every dashboard page. Click the copy icon next to it.
Countdown API Playground with the copy icon next to the API Key at the top right highlighted You can also find the key under Account -> Plan & Payment. Click the copy icon next to API Key. Each account has one API key; Change API Key on this page replaces it with a new one. Countdown API Account Plan & Payment page with the copy icon next to the API Key highlighted

Step 2: Enter your API key in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Countdown API.
  2. Paste your key in the API Key field.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
Countdown API Connect UI form with the API Key field You are now connected to Countdown API.