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Using Your API Key

Method 1: Direct Initialization

from legnext import Client

client = Client(api_key="your-api-key-here")

Method 2: Environment Variable (Recommended)

Set the environment variable:

# macOS/Linux
export LEGNEXT_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

# Windows PowerShell
$env:LEGNEXT_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Then in your code:

import os
from legnext import Client

client = Client(api_key=os.getenv("LEGNEXT_API_KEY"))

Method 3: .env File

Create a .env file:

LEGNEXT_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Load it in your code:

from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os
from legnext import Client

load_dotenv()
client = Client(api_key=os.getenv("LEGNEXT_API_KEY"))

Security Best Practices

⚠️ Never hardcode API keys in your code ✅ Always use environment variables or .env files ✅ Add .env to .gitignore to prevent accidental commits ✅ Rotate keys regularly and revoke compromised ones

Overview

Client Libraries

Get Your API Key

Using Your API Key

Method 1: Direct Initialization

Method 2: Environment Variable (Recommended)

Method 3: .env File

Security Best Practices

Next Steps

​Get Your API Key

​Using Your API Key

​Method 1: Direct Initialization

​Method 2: Environment Variable (Recommended)

​Method 3: .env File

​Security Best Practices

​Next Steps

Get Your API Key

Using Your API Key

Method 1: Direct Initialization

Method 2: Environment Variable (Recommended)

Method 3: .env File

Security Best Practices

Next Steps