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How can I retrieve my organization's API key for accessing Submittable's API?
How can I retrieve my organization's API key for accessing Submittable's API?

Instructions to locate and copy your Access Token for Submittable's API

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Written by Pam English
Updated over a week ago

To retrieve your API key from your Submittable Account:

1. Sign into your account and navigate to More > Integrations > API Access.

2. Copy the API Key.
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To access the API, you must present the API Key provisioned for your organization.

The API Key is sent using a basic authentication header. Please ensure that the value is formatted as :{apiKey}.

Authorization: Basic {apiKey}

Request Content Type

All endpoints, unless otherwise noted, accept and produce application/json. Please ensure the Content-Type header for POST and PUT requests is set correctly.
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Authentication

You'll need to send your Access Token along with every API call. Your Access Token is found in your Submittable account on the Settings page. The API uses Basic Authentication. Your Access Token should be sent as the password portion of the Basic Authentication header.


Throttling Constraints

  • 10 transactions per second

  • 10000 transactions per hour



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