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title: "How to get your Lever API Key: Step-by-step guide"
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date: 2023-04-24T19:42:00.000Z
tag: Guides, Integration Instructions
description: "When connecting Lever to other platforms, authentication requires an API Key."
url: "https://unified.to/blog/how_to_get_your_lever_api_key_step_by_step_guide"
---

# How to get your Lever API Key: Step-by-step guide
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_April 24, 2023_


When connecting Lever to other platforms, authentication requires an API Key.

Follow these step-by-step instructions to generate one from your Lever account, or provide them to your customers if they need to connect their account.
1. To generate API credentials, navigate to Settings > Integrations and API > API Credentials.
2. Click the Generate New Key button

    ![image](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/unified-article-images/how_to_get_your_lever_api_key_step_by_step_guide-0.png)

3. Input a name for the key that reflects the service or integration that will be using the key
4. Under the 'Permissions' heading, select "Select all"

    ![Untitled.png](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/unified-article-images/how_to_get_your_lever_api_key_step_by_step_guide-1.png)

5. Click the Copy Key button next to the API key (which can be found next to the 'Key name' field).

    ![image](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/unified-article-images/how_to_get_your_lever_api_key_step_by_step_guide-2.png)

6. Click done

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