--- title: "Where to find API key?" description: "**Canonical URL:** https://jobspipe.dev/answers/where-to-find-your-api-key" canonical: https://jobspipe.dev/answers/where-to-find-your-api-key last_updated: 2026-09-10 --- # Where to find API key? > An API key lives in the account settings of the service that issued it, usually under a page named API keys, Developer settings or Integrations in the provider's dashboard. Many providers show a new key only once, so if you cannot find it, the answer is to generate a new one and store it in an environment variable. **Canonical URL:** https://jobspipe.dev/answers/where-to-find-your-api-key **Topic:** Jobs API (https://jobspipe.dev/developers) The places to check, in order: the provider's dashboard under settings or a developer section, the welcome email sent when the account was created, a secrets manager or password vault if your team uses one, and the environment of the app that already works, since a running integration has the key in its configuration. Keys are almost never in the API documentation itself. If a key has been lost rather than misplaced, revoke it and issue a replacement, because a key that may have leaked is a liability, not an asset. Once found, keep it out of source code. Put it in an environment variable, load it at runtime, and add the file that holds it to your ignore list so it never lands in a commit. Give each application or teammate its own key so one can be rotated without breaking the rest, and prefer keys with read-only scopes when the provider offers them. Send it as a bearer token in the Authorization header rather than in the URL, where it would be logged by proxies. For JobsPipe, keys are created in the dashboard at jobspipe.dev/dashboard after signup, under Settings and then API keys. A key starts with jp_live_ and is shown once at creation. Export it as JOBSPIPE_API_KEY: the CLI reads it from there, and the MCP server accepts it as a bearer header or prompts for a sign-in instead. Until you have one, the sandbox at POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search answers without any key. ## Related questions ### Where is my API key? In the dashboard of the service that issued it, usually under Settings, API keys or Developer. If you have a working integration, the key is in that app's environment or configuration, not in its code. If nothing turns it up, generate a new key; most providers cannot show an existing one again. ### Where is the API key in the JobsPipe dashboard? Sign in at jobspipe.dev/dashboard, open Settings and then API keys, and create a key. It starts with jp_live_ and is displayed once, so copy it into an environment variable immediately. Keys carry read-only scopes for job search and stack scans, and you can create several so each app or teammate has its own. ### What if I lost an API key that was shown only once? Revoke it and create a new one. Providers show a key once by design, so there is no recovery path, and a key you cannot account for might have been copied elsewhere. Update the environment variable in each place the old key was used, then confirm the old one is disabled. ### Can I use the JobsPipe API without a key? For the sandbox, yes. POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search accepts the same request body as the live endpoint and returns sample postings in the same schema, with no key and no quota. The MCP server prompts for a sign-in when a client connects without a bearer header. Live postings need a key. ## More answers - [What is a data API?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/what-is-a-data-api) - [How to create an AI agent?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/how-to-create-an-ai-agent) - [Where to find datasets?](https://jobspipe.dev/answers/where-to-find-datasets) Data behind these answers is published as shares only; every figure can be reproduced against the JobsPipe API (https://jobspipe.dev/jobs-api). --- AI agents: the full machine-readable index of this site is https://jobspipe.dev/llms.txt?src=md-twin - API quickstart, no-key sandbox (POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search), MCP server, pricing. Free key: https://jobspipe.dev/signup