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# Get Started

Get started

Welcome to the Mida developers' documentation portal. This is a complete guide to integrating with the Mida platform. 

All Mida platform APIs require authentication using an API key. Your API key must be included in the `Authorization` header of every request as a Bearer token.

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

Requests that do not include a valid API key will be rejected with an authentication error (`401 Unauthorized`).

### Get your organisation API key

To start, you need to get your organisation API key [here](https://collect.getmida.com/)

Your API key is generated and managed through the **Mida Collect** platform.

To retrieve your API key:

1. Log in to **MidaCollect**.
2. Navigate to **Administration** → **Organisations**.
3. Select your organisation.
4. Click the **API** tab.

Your API credentials will be displayed here and can be used to authenticate requests to Mida APIs

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