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Authentication

You need to authenticate to Probely to get a valid authorization token, which is required to make requests to the Probely API.

Step 1: Obtain the authorization token​

Follow these steps to obtain the authorization token:

  1. Go to the Probely app and authenticate.
  2. Generate an API Key, which is your authorization token. Learn how in this Help Center article on How to generate an API Key.
  3. Save the generated API Key in a safe place.
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Treat the authorization token as a password since it allows access to information in your account and possible manipulation (depending on the role associated with the API Key).

Step 2: Use the authorization token​

Send the authorization token (API Key) prefixed with JWT (don't forget the trailing space) in the Authorization header of your requests. For example, a request to list the targets in your account:

Request
curl https://api.probely.com/targets/ \
  -X GET \
  -H 'Authorization: JWT <YOUR_API_TOKEN>' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Put your authorization token (API Key) where you see <YOUR_API_TOKEN>.