Creating your first API key

Prerequisites

You need a ComplianceGrid account. Sign up at compliancegrid.ai/register.

Step 1: Open the Developer area

After logging in, open Dashboard → Developer → API Keys.

Step 2: Create a key

Click Sandbox Key or Production Key. A key is created for the environment you choose; there are no per-key names, permissions or rate-limit settings. Permissions come from your subscriptions: subscribe to the APIs you need under Dashboard → Developer → Subscriptions (a subscription is per API and per environment), or use Subscribe to all.

Step 3: Copy and store it securely

The key is shown once. Store it in a secrets manager or your CI/CD secrets. Keys look like this:

Each environment can hold at most 2 active keys at a time (a key being rotated counts until its grace period ends).

Step 4: Make your first call

A 200 response means the key works. A 401 invalid_api_key means the key is wrong or revoked; a 403 not_subscribed means you have not subscribed to that API in this environment.

Key management

• Rotate with the rotate endpoint (see *Rotating API keys without downtime*)
• Never commit keys to source control
• Monitor usage under Dashboard → Developer → Usage