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Overview

To authenticate with Greenhouse, you need one key piece of information:

1. API Key - Your Greenhouse Access Key.
2. Greenhouse API Domain - This is the domain to the Greenhouse API you would wish to connect to.

This guide will walk you through finding or creating those credentials within Greenhouse.

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Prerequisites:

• You must set up an account with Greenhouse.

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Step 1: Finding your Greenhouse API Domain

• Your API domain is the resource domain for the API you wish to connect to. For example: harvest for Greenhouse (Harvest API).

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Step 2: Finding Your Greenhouse API Key

1. Log into your Greenhouse account and click the Configure ⚙️ icon on your navigation bar, then click Dev Center.

2. Click API Credential Management.

3. Click Create New API Key.

4. Make the following selections:

   • API type: Job board
   • Description: Give your API Key a descriptive name

5. When finished, click Create to generate the API Key.

6. After the key is created, click Copy. Paste the API Key in a secure location.

7. Click I have stored the API Key.

8. Note your greenhouse.io domain in your browser.

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Step 3: Connect Your Greenhouse Account

Once you have your API Key and Greenhouse API Domain:

1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Greenhouse (basic auth).
2. Enter the API Key and Greenhouse API Domain in their respective fields.
3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.