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# Authentication

CloudFactory authenticates the API requests using API keys generated. Please contact our support team to get your API keys.

API keys are unique to the customer and given at workstream/project level.

Authenticate the API requests by sending the key generated in the header of the request as shown below:

```bash
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" https://api.cloudfactory.app/v1/tasks
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
Please be sure to keep your API access tokens secure! Do not share them in emails, chat messages, client-side code or publicly accessible sites.

If you have accidentally shared an API access token publicly, you can request to have it revoked.
{% endhint %}


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