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Overview

To authenticate with Laposta, you need:
  1. API Key — an API key (API sleutel) from the Koppelingen page of your Laposta account.
This guide will show you how to create an API key in Laposta.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Create an API key

  1. Log in to Laposta. In the account menu at the bottom left, click Koppelingen. This opens Software koppelen > API sleutels.
Laposta account menu with Koppelingen highlighted
  1. On the API sleutels page, click Nieuw API sleutel.
Laposta API sleutels page with the Nieuw API sleutel button
  1. Enter a Naam (name) for the key, for example nango, and optionally an Omschrijving (description).
  2. Under Wachtwoord, enter your own Laposta account password to confirm, then click Opslaan en sleutel tonen.
Laposta Nieuwe API sleutel form with the name, password and Opslaan en sleutel tonen button
  1. Copy the key shown under Nieuwe sleutel right away. Laposta shows it only once; afterwards you only see its first four characters.
Laposta Nieuwe sleutel notice showing the new API key once
A free Laposta account can have at most three API keys.

Step 2: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Laposta.
  2. Enter your API key in the API Key field. Laposta needs no password, so there is no password field.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
Laposta Connect UI form with the API Key field You are now connected to Laposta.