# Headers

All API endpoints require an x-api-key header for authentication. Include your unique API key in the x-api-key header with every request to access the API. Requests without this header or with an invalid key will result in a 401 Unauthorized response.

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**Header**

```

  'x-api-key': {{consumer_key}}

```

**Unauthorized response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="401 " %}

```
{
   "code": 401,
   "message": "Unauthorized"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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