> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api/intro.md).

# Intro

## Authentication <a href="#authentication" id="authentication"></a>

Forensics API endpoints require authentication.

This means that these endpoints are oriented to changing the information and data that given user owns and is about him / her. To identify who is exactly the user whose details are changed, the following protocol is used.

### API Keys

To call a given endpoint that require authentication, the current user has to be identified.

```
apikey - IPF-36ae36a6-4a32-4fae-a422-e45e70b0a515-X
```

If you do not include a key or use one that is incorrect, you will be rate limited. See [Rate Limits](/ipforensics/misc/rate-limits.md)