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Overview

This guide will walk you through creating your first API integration using AnyAPI.ai. You’ll learn how to:
  1. Get your API key
  2. Create a connection
  3. Execute your first workflow
  4. View results
Prerequisites: You’ll need an AnyAPI.ai account. Sign up for free if you haven’t already.

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Step 1: Get Your API Key

1

Access Dashboard

Navigate to your AnyAPI.ai dashboard
2

Go to API Keys

Click on Settings → API Keys in the sidebar
3

Create New Key

Click “Create API Key” and give it a descriptive name like “My First Integration”
4

Copy Key

Copy the generated API key and store it securely
Keep your API key secure! Never commit it to version control or expose it in client-side code.

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Step 2: Create Your First Connection

Let’s create a connection to the JSONPlaceholder API (a free testing API): 
curl -X POST https://api.anyapi.ai/v1/connections \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "JSONPlaceholder API",
"type": "rest",
"base_url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com",
"auth": {
"type": "none"
}
}'
Save the connection_id from the response - you’ll need it for the next step.

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Step 3: Create a Simple Workflow

Now let’s create a workflow that fetches user data from the JSONPlaceholder API: 
curl -X POST https://api.anyapi.ai/v1/workflows \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "Fetch User Data",
"description": "Get user information from JSONPlaceholder",
"steps": [
{
"type": "api_call",
"config": {
"connection_id": "YOUR_CONNECTION_ID",
"method": "GET",
"endpoint": "/users/1",
"headers": {}
}
}
]
}'

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Step 4: Execute the Workflow

Execute your workflow to see it in action: 
curl -X POST https://api.anyapi.ai/v1/workflows/YOUR_WORKFLOW_ID/execute \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"async": false
}'

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Expected Result

If everything worked correctly, you should see a response like this: 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "execution_id": "exec_1234567890",
    "status": "completed",
    "result": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Leanne Graham",
      "username": "Bret",
      "email": "Sincere@april.biz",
      "address": {
        "street": "Kulas Light",
        "suite": "Apt. 556",
        "city": "Gwenborough",
        "zipcode": "92998-3874"
      },
      "phone": "1-770-736-8031 x56442",
      "website": "hildegard.org"
    },
    "started_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "completed_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:01Z"
  }
}

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🎉 Congratulations!

You’ve successfully: ✅ Created your first API connection
✅ Built a simple workflow
✅ Executed the workflow and received data

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Next Steps

Authentication

Set up secure authentication for popular APIs

API Reference

Explore all available endpoints and parameters

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Interactive Playground

Want to test this right now? Use our interactive playground below:
The playground will use your actual API key if you’re logged into the dashboard. Make sure you’re using a test environment!

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Troubleshooting

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Need Help?