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# Validate API Key

GET https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate

Checks whether the provided API Key is valid.

Reference: https://docs.conversive.ai/api-sdk-docs/validate-api-key

## Authentication

- `apiKey` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Servers

- `https://api.beconversive.com` (US Data Center, default)
- `https://eu-api.beconversive.com` (EU Data Center)
- `https://aus-api.beconversive.com` (Australia Data Center)

## Request

### Headers

- `apiKey` (string, required) — Account’s API key.

## Response

### 200

Key valid

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Invalid API key

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": "success"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python validateApiKey_example
import requests

url = "https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate"

headers = {"apiKey": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript validateApiKey_example
const url = 'https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {apiKey: '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go validateApiKey_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("apiKey", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby validateApiKey_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["apiKey"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java validateApiKey_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate")
  .header("apiKey", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php validateApiKey_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate', [
  'headers' => [
    'apiKey' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp validateApiKey_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("apiKey", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift validateApiKey_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["apiKey": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.beconversive.com/v1/api_key/validate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```