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Overview

To authenticate with Paddle, you will need:
  1. API Key - An API key generated from your Paddle vendor dashboard.
  2. Environment - Use api for live or sandbox-api for sandbox.
This guide will walk you through generating your API Key within Paddle.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a Paddle vendor account. Sign up at paddle.com.

Instructions

Step 1: Generating your API key

  1. Log in to the Paddle vendor dashboard.
  2. Navigate to Developer Tools -> Authentication.
  3. Click + New API Key.
  1. Fill in the details:
    • Name - A label to identify this key.
    • Description - An optional description of the key’s purpose.
    • Expires in - Choose an expiry window or set no expiry.
    • Permissions - Select the scopes this key should have access to.
  2. Click Save.
  1. Copy the generated API key and store it securely. Paddle only shows this key once.

Step 2: Choose your environment

Paddle has two environments:
  • Live — use api as the environment value.
  • Sandbox — use sandbox-api as the environment value.

Step 3: Enter credentials in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Paddle.
  2. Enter your Environment and API Key in their respective fields.
  3. Submit the form.
You are now connected to Paddle.