---
title: "Introduction"
description: "API Documentation for OpnForm"
---

Welcome to the OpnForm API documentation. This guide provides information on how to interact with the OpnForm API to automate your workflows and integrate OpnForm with your applications.

## Authentication

To authenticate with the OpnForm API, you need an API key. Here's how to create and use an API key.

### Creating an API Key

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  <img
    src="/api-reference/images/create-token.png"
    alt="Creating an API Key in OpnForm"
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1. Log in to your OpnForm account.
2. Navigate to the Access Tokens page at https://opnform.com/settings/access-tokens.
3. Click on the "Create new token" button.
4. Give your token a name (e.g., "My API Integration").
5. Click "Create" to generate your API key. 6. Copy the generated API key immediately, as it won't be displayed again for security reasons.

### Using the API Key

To use the API key, you need to include it in the header of every request you make to the API as a Bearer token. Here's how to do it:

1. Take your API key that you generated earlier.
2. Add it to the `Authorization` header of your HTTP request.
3. Prefix the key with the word "Bearer" followed by a space.

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```