Authentication
Authenticate using the Python toolkit
To authenticate through the toolkit you need to first retrieve your API key from the
Rebase Platform UI. In the top write, click the profile icon. Then click Account
and
choose API
in the navigation bar to the left.
![](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/rebase/images/api-key-view-marked.png)
Then copy your API key and input it in the toolkit authentication
method as shown below.
import rebase as rb
API_Key = "Your API Key Here"
rb.authenticate(API_Key)