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# Formcarry - How do I link my account?

## Overview

To authenticate with Formcarry, you need:

1. **API Key** — a Formcarry API key that starts with `fc_live_`. Your team's original (legacy) key from before the **API Keys** page existed also works.

This guide will show you how to create one.

### Prerequisites

* A Formcarry account. The free plan can create API keys; [sign up here](https://app.formcarry.com/register).
* The account owner must have verified their email address. Until then, every key is refused.

### Step 1: Create an API key

1. Sign in to [Formcarry](https://app.formcarry.com) and click **API Keys** in the top navigation.

![Formcarry dashboard with API Keys highlighted in the top navigation](https://mintcdn.com/nango/SebfuGmM2irt6teK/api-integrations/formcarry/dashboard_api_keys_nav.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=SebfuGmM2irt6teK\&q=85\&s=38046afce2ee3a02ea69676cb03ec009)

2. Click **Create key**.

![Formcarry API Keys page with the Create key button highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/nango/SebfuGmM2irt6teK/api-integrations/formcarry/api_keys_create_button.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=SebfuGmM2irt6teK\&q=85\&s=fb1784a504cb48bc88a634cafc9a0eed)

3. Enter a **Name** for the key.
4. Under **Scopes**, keep **Full access (every scope)**, or uncheck it and select only the scopes your integration needs: **Read forms**, **Write forms**, **Read submissions** or **Write submissions**.
5. Under **Form access**, choose **All forms, including ones created later**, or **Only these forms** to limit the key to some forms.
6. Click **Create key**.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Scopes and form access cannot be changed after the key is created. To change them, create a new key.

![Formcarry Create API key dialog with a name, the Read forms scope, All forms access and the Create key button highlighted](https://mintcdn.com/nango/SebfuGmM2irt6teK/api-integrations/formcarry/create_api_key_dialog.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=SebfuGmM2irt6teK\&q=85\&s=a0c3f22331f1a7259e6ebcef6aa15825)

7. Click **Copy** to copy the key. It starts with `fc_live_` and is shown only once.

![Formcarry dialog showing the new API key with its Copy button](https://mintcdn.com/nango/SebfuGmM2irt6teK/api-integrations/formcarry/api_key_created.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=SebfuGmM2irt6teK\&q=85\&s=1435e24514821e21636c6a81700576a4)

### Step 2: Enter your API key in the Connect UI

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Formcarry.
2. Enter your **API Key** in the designated field.
3. Click **Connect**.

![Nango Connect UI form for entering the Formcarry API key](https://mintcdn.com/nango/MzSYrm272wYvjOzI/api-integrations/formcarry/form.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=MzSYrm272wYvjOzI\&q=85\&s=a86569fe239c3dff25c9a24b4c61dd2d)

You are now connected to Formcarry.


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