Authentication enables you to manage all aspects of user identity, such as accessing the API endpoints. Buildify employs basic authentication using the API Key. All API requests must be made over HTTPS, and API requests without authentication will fail.

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API Key

Authentication to the API is performed via HTTP Basic Auth. To authenticate with Buildify API endpoints, you must provide the API Key in the header, as shown below.
Authentication Header

`x-api-key: <Your_API_Key>'
For example, when you want to search listings, you will use the GET - Search Listings endpoint. In this scenario, you can send an API request by adding your API Key in the Authentication header to retrieve the listings information.
Search Listings Sample

     curl --request GET \
          --url https://api.getbuildify.com/v1/search_listings \
          --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
          --header 'accept: application/json'

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Alert!

Your API keys carry many concessions, so keep them safe! Do not share your secret API keys on publicly accessible sites.