# I dont see API option under settings

**URL:** <https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** documentation\
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860 "2022-03-04T08:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pechi77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pechi77](https://forums.ordoro.com/u/pechi77)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860/1 "2022-03-04T08:02:11Z")

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Hi, I created a trial account and needs to generate API keys, as per the documentation it should be there under settings, but I could not find it, please help.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Jessembernal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jessembernal](https://forums.ordoro.com/u/Jessembernal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860/2 "2022-03-06T13:22:32Z")

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You can use username and password as well for authentication instead of API.

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**Author:** ![pechi77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pechi77](https://forums.ordoro.com/u/pechi77)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860/3 "2022-03-06T13:46:23Z")

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Can you send a sample curl request with username and password

Pechi

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**Author:** ![Jessembernal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jessembernal](https://forums.ordoro.com/u/Jessembernal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860/4 "2022-03-06T13:51:57Z")

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$ch = curl\_init();  
curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_HTTPHEADER,  
array(  
‘Content-Type: application/json’,  
'Authorization: Basic ’ . base64\_encode( “USERNAME:PASSWORD” )  
)  
);  
$base\_url = ‘[https://api.ordoro.com](https://api.ordoro.com)’;  
curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_URL,$base\_url);  
curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_HEADER, 1);  
curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_TIMEOUT, 30);  
curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);

$response = curl\_exec($ch);  
$httpcode = curl\_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO\_HTTP\_CODE);  
curl\_close($ch);

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**Author:** ![kristen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.ordoro.com/kristen/32/129_2.png) [@kristen](https://forums.ordoro.com/u/kristen)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.ordoro.com/t/i-dont-see-api-option-under-settings/860/5 "2022-03-07T15:46:58Z")

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API keys are automatically shown for Pro and Enterprise users. If you have an Express account, please contact Ordoro Support ([support@ordoro.com](mailto:support@ordoro.com)) to get access. Thanks!