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sidebar_position: 3
slug: /acquire_ragflow_api_key
---

# Acquire a RAGFlow API key

A key is required for the RAGFlow server to authenticate your requests via HTTP or a Python API. This documents provides instructions on obtaining a RAGFlow API key.

1. Click your avatar in the top right corner of the RAGFlow UI to access the configuration page.
2. Click **API** to switch to the **API** page.
3. Obtain a RAGFlow API key:

![ragflow_api_key](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f461ed61-04c6-4faf-b3d8-6b5fa56be4e7)

:::tip NOTE
See the [RAGFlow HTTP API reference](../../references/http_api_reference.md) or the [RAGFlow Python API reference](../../references/python_api_reference.md) for a complete reference of RAGFlow's HTTP or Python APIs.
:::