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Overview

To authenticate with Crawlbase, you need:
  1. API Token — your Crawlbase Normal token or JavaScript token.
This guide will show you how to get it.

Prerequisites

  • A Crawlbase account. You can sign up for free; no card is needed to start.

Step 1: Copy your API token

  1. Log in to the Crawlbase console. Your tokens are created automatically when you sign up.
  2. In the left sidebar, open Settings, then the API tokens tab.
  3. Under Default · Standard token, click Copy. This is your Normal token.
Crawlbase console Settings page on the API tokens tab with the Copy button of the Standard token highlighted To crawl pages that render content with JavaScript, copy the token under Default · JavaScript token instead. Both tokens work with this connection. Use Rotate on a token card to reset that token.

Step 2: Enter your token in the Connect UI

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