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Guides

Authentication

How to authenticate with the Orthogonal API

API Keys

All requests to Orthogonal require an API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Getting Your Key

  1. Sign in at www.orthogonal.com
  2. Go to Account → Keys
  3. Copy your API key

Key Types

TypePrefixUse Case
Liveorth_live_Production usage, charged to your account
Testorth_test_Stored OpenAPI fixtures; no provider call or credit charge

Environment Variables

We recommend storing your key in an environment variable:

export ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY

Then reference it in your code:

const apiKey = process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY;