# Quick Start

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**Good to know:** You will need access to a Validator node to try out your API.
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## Get your API keys

Your API keys can be retrieved

You can generate an API key from your Dashboard at any time.

## Install the library

The best way to interact with our API is to use one of our official libraries:

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```
# Install via NPM
npm install --save @mlayerlabs/validator
```

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```
# Install via pip
pip install --upgrade mlayerlabs/validator
```

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**Good to know:** Using tabs to separate out different languages is a great way to present technical examples or code documentation without cramming your docs with extra sections or pages per language.
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## Make your first request

To make your first request, send an authenticated request to the pets endpoint. This will create a `pet`, which is nice.

## Get Node Info

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://123.233.234/v1info`

Creates a new pet.

#### Request Body

| Name                                   | Type   | Description                           |
| -------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------- |
| name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | The name of the pet                   |
| owner\_id                              | string | The `id` of the user who owns the pet |
| species                                | string | The species of the pet                |
| breed                                  | string | The breed of the pet                  |

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{% tab title="200 Pet successfully created" %}

```javascript
{
    "name"="Wilson",
    "owner": {
        "id": "sha7891bikojbkreuy",
        "name": "Samuel Passet",
    "species": "Dog",}
    "breed": "Golden Retriever",
}
```

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**Good to know:** You can use the API Method block to fully document an API method. You can also sync your API blocks with an OpenAPI file or URL to auto-populate them.
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Take a look at how you might call this method using our official libraries, or via `curl`:

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```
curl https://api.myapi.com/v1/pet  
    -u YOUR_API_KEY:  
    -d name='Wilson'  
    -d species='dog'  
    -d owner_id='sha7891bikojbkreuy'  
```

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```javascript
// require the myapi module and set it up with your API key
const myapi = require('myapi')(YOUR_API_KEY);

const newPet = away myapi.pet.create({
    name: 'Wilson',
    owner_id: 'sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species: 'Dog',
    breed: 'Golden Retriever',
})
```

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```python
// Set your API key before making the request
myapi.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY

myapi.Pet.create(
    name='Wilson',
    owner_id='sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species='Dog',
    breed='Golden Retriever',
)
```

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