# Quick Start

## Get your API keys

Your API requests are authenticated using API keys. Any request that doesn't include an API key will return an error.

You can generate an API key from your Dashboard at any time.

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Steps to get API keys:

1. Navigate to [https://app.texau.com/settings-api-key/developer-api](https://app.texau.com/settings-api-key/developer-api)
2. Click on `Generate API Key`
3. Copy the key and save it for future use, because you'll see the API key only when you generate it
4. Click on `Copy Header` button to get `X-TexAu-Context` header value
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## Make your first request

To make your first request, send an authenticated request to the /me endpoint. This will give you your basic details, which is nice.

Take a look at how you might call this method using  `curl`:

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```
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.texau.com/api/v1/public/me' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'X-TexAu-Context: {"orgUserId":"0612b8","workspaceId":"4900613df"}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```
{% endtab %}
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