# Authentication Ranklytics API uses API Key & Secret Key for authentication. You can create API keys at the account level from "API" link within your top right menu. **Remember that your API Key & Secret Key is a secret!** Do not share it with others or expose it with any client-side code (Browsers, Apps). Production request must be routed through your own backend server where your API & Secret Key can be securely loaded from an environment variable. All API requests should include the API Key & Secret key in the HTTP Header as follows: ``` X-API-KEY: your_api_key_here X-SECRET-KEY: your_secret_key_here ``` Example curl command ```bash curl -X GET https://api.ranklytics.ai/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: your_api_key_here" \ -H "X-SECRET-KEY: your_secret_key_here" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://developers.ranklytics.ai/getting-started/publish-your-docs.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.