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Overview

To authenticate with Dovetail, you need:
  1. API Key — a Dovetail personal API key.
This guide will show you how to get it.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Create a personal API key

  1. Sign in to Dovetail and go to Settings → Account.
  2. Find Personal API keys and click Create key.
Dovetail Settings Account page with the Create key button under Personal API keys
  1. Enter a label, choose how long the key lasts under Expires after, and choose an Access level (for example Read only). Then click Create.
Dovetail Create personal API key dialog with a label, the Expires after option and the Read only access level
  1. Copy the key straight away. It is shown only once.
Dovetail Save your API key dialog with the copy button next to the new key

Step 2: Enter your API key in the Connect UI

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