Title: API Key
Last modified: May 5, 2017
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# API Key
* [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
* (@sooskriszta)
* [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-119/)
* **SparkPost Settings** asks for providing an API key.
* In my SparkPost account, I am able to create an API key, but can’t see it (except
the first 4 digits).
* How do I enter the API key????
* I have tried entering only the first 4 digits but in that case, I am getting
* ```
Preparing request data
Request headers: Array( [User-Agent] => wordpress-sparkpost/3.0.1 [Content-Type] => application/json [Authorization] => 8096************************************)
Request body: {"recipients":[{"address":{"email":"vivek@csillamvilag.com","header_to":"vivek@csillamvilag.com"}}],"options":{"open_tracking":true,"click_tracking":true,"transactional":true},"content":{"from":{"email":"wordpress@rajsorsolya.csillamvilag.hu","name":"WordPress"},"subject":"SparkPost email test","headers":{"Date":"Fri, 5 May 2017 16:15:42 +0000","Message-ID":"<54bff80a34991244a3975a8913f69c71@rajsorsolya.csillamvilag.hu>","X-Mailer":"PHPMailer 5.2.22 (https:\/\/github.com\/PHPMailer\/PHPMailer)"},"html":"Hurray!!<\/h3>
You've got mail!
Regards,SparkPost<\/a> WordPress plugin<\/p>"}}
Making HTTP POST request to https://api.sparkpost.com/api/v1/transmissions
Response received
Response headers: Requests_Utility_CaseInsensitiveDictionary Object( [data:protected] => Array ( [date] => Fri, 05 May 2017 16:15:42 GMT [content-type] => application/json [server] => msys-http [cache-control] => no-cache, no-store ))
Response body: {"errors": [ {"message": "Unauthorized."} ]}
Error in transmission
```
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* Plugin Contributor [rajuru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajuru/)
* (@rajuru)
* [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-119/#post-9101499)
* [@sooskriszta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
SparkPost shows
you the full key immediately after creating. So if you don’t have full key, you
can generate new one. After creating it, copy it and paste in plugin’s settings
page.
* If you are not aware of usage of your previous key, consider deleting it to avoid
potential abuse.
* [https://www.sparkpost.com/docs/getting-started/create-api-keys/](https://www.sparkpost.com/docs/getting-started/create-api-keys/)
* Thanks
* [DianaN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertdianagmailcom/)
* (@desertdianagmailcom)
* [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-119/#post-9101573)
* If you didn’t copy and whole key when you created it you will need to delete
that key, and create a new one. Then copy the whole key you will see and paste
that into your api key field in the plugin on your site.
* I always keep a word doc or txt file with all my keys incase I need to add them
back in the future.
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