# Generate API Credentials

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**Audience:** Administrators and Developers

**Purpose:** Explains how to generate and manage API credentials in the <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> UI, including an API Key, User ID, and Business ID, required to authenticate requests to the <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> API.
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## Overview

API credentials authenticate every request you make to the <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> API. Before you can make your first API call, you need three credentials: an **API Key**, a **Business ID**, and a **User ID**. <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> generates all three at the same time from the **API Connections** page.

### Before You Begin

Generating API credentials requires the appropriate permission in your <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> account. If you do not see the API Connections tab, contact your <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> administrator to have the permission enabled for your role.

It is also strongly recommended that you generate credentials for a dedicated API user rather than your personal account. A dedicated API user limits the integration's access to only what it needs and makes credential management easier to audit over time. See your <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> administrator to set this up before proceeding.

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## Generate Your API Credentials

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#### In <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code>, select your Profile Avatar

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The profile dropdown will appear.
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#### Select **My Profile**

You are taken to the my profile page.
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#### Select the **API Connections** tab

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You are taken to the API Keys page.
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#### Create your Credentials

In the **API Keys** panel, select **+ ADD API KEY.**

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The **API Key Created** modal appears, displaying all three credentials:

* **API Key** — the password that authenticates the request
* **User ID** — identifies the user making the request
* **Business ID** — scopes the request to your <code class="expression">space.vars.Kizen\_company\_name</code> business account

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You have now generated your API credentials!  Ensure that you copy all three values and store them in a secure location such as a secrets manager or secure vault for future use.

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## Managing Your API Keys

Once generated, your API keys are listed in the **API Keys** panel on the **API Connections** page.&#x20;

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From the API Keys Panel you can:

* Create more API Keys
* See the date and time each key was created
* View a full API Key
* Delete an API Key

Your **User ID** and **Business ID** are also always visible on the **API Connections** page, so you can refer back to them at any time without needing to regenerate your credentials.

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## What's Next

With your credentials ready, now you can continue to [Create Your First API Call](/docs/developers/building-with-apis/creating-your-first-api-call.md).

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<summary>Related Topics</summary>

* [Environments](/docs/developers/environments.md)
* [Authentication](/docs/developers/authentication.md)
* [Build with APIs](/docs/developers/building-with-apis.md)
* [Create Your First API Call](/docs/developers/building-with-apis/creating-your-first-api-call.md)

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