Authentication

You'll need to authenticate your requests to access any of the endpoints in the LSP.expert API. In this guide, we'll look at how authentication works.

Basic authentication

The LSP.expert API uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can view and manage your API keys in your Settings » API configuration.

Authentication to the API is performed via HTTP Basic Auth. Provide your API key as the basic auth username value. You do not need to provide a password.

All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail. API requests without authentication will also fail.

Example request with basic auth

curl -G https://api.lsp.expert/v2/jobs \
  -u {key}:
# The colon prevents curl from asking for a password.