> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.honeyhive.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Setup and Authentication

> Authenticating your requests to the SDK

Authentication for HoneyHive's SDKs is done by passing a bearer auth token that's generated when you first join the platform.

### Get your API Key

**Expected Time**: \< 1 minute

**Steps**:

* Click on the organization name in the top right corner of the screen
* Click `Copy API Key` from the dropdown

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Now your HoneyHive API key is copied to clipboard, feel free to use it to authenticate with our APIs & SDKs.

### Installation

To use HoneyHive, you will need to install the HoneyHive package. We currently support SDKs in Python and Typescript.

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  ```javascript Typescript theme={null}
  npm install honeyhive
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  pip install honeyhive
  ```
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### Authentication

You need to initialize the SDKs as follows:

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  ```typescript Typescript theme={null}
  interface HoneyHiveConfig {
      bearerAuth: string;
      serverURL?: string;  // Optional for cloud, required for self-hosted/dedicated deployments
  }

  import { HoneyHive } from "honeyhive";

  const sdk = new HoneyHive({
      bearerAuth: "<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
      serverURL: "HONEYHIVE_SERVER_URL"
  } as HoneyHiveConfig);
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import honeyhive

  s = honeyhive.HoneyHive(
      bearer_auth="<YOUR_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE>",
      server_url="HONEYHIVE_SERVER_URL" # Optional / Required for self-hosted or dedicated deployments
  )
  ```
</CodeGroup>

### Get your HoneyHive Project ID

Some SDK functions optionally require a project id instead of the project name. Here are the steps to get your project id:

**Expected Time**: \< 1 minute

**Steps**:

* Go to the [Projects page](https://app.us.honeyhive.ai/)
* Click on the three dots on the bottom right of the project card you are interested in
* Hit `Copy Project ID` & paste it where required

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