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App writing help
Lee_Hesketh
Member, Developers Posts: 148 ✭✭
Hello, I would like to write an app but I don't know how to use the API. I have tried using the API Explorer but whenever I try to query something, I get the status code 401 and the message
Thanks
Lee Hesketh
"Unauthenticated API request"How do I start??Thanks
Lee Hesketh
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awk
Member, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 78 
You need to fill in the API Key fields in the dialog box that's presented when you make a request.
You create API Keys in the Developer Portal - using the 'API Keys' sidebar option. Create a key for the API Explorer (you can have multiple keys for different purposes) and then copy/paste the values in to the fields in the dialog box presented in the API Explorer. The API explorer will store the key values locally on your browser so you shouldn't have to enter them repeatedly.
When you create the API Key you can choose from a range of permissions - this is so that you can choose to limit a scripts access. For example if your key doesn't have 'write permission' you will be unable to invoke APIs that change documents etc.Director of API, Appstore, and App Partner Technical Support5
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You create API Keys in the Developer Portal - using the 'API Keys' sidebar option. Create a key for the API Explorer (you can have multiple keys for different purposes) and then copy/paste the values in to the fields in the dialog box presented in the API Explorer. The API explorer will store the key values locally on your browser so you shouldn't have to enter them repeatedly.
When you create the API Key you can choose from a range of permissions - this is so that you can choose to limit a scripts access. For example if your key doesn't have 'write permission' you will be unable to invoke APIs that change documents etc.