# Authenticate using an API Key

**POST /api/authenticate**

Verifies that a given API key is valid and returns a token to authorize requests if it is.


## Servers
- http://localhost:4000: http://localhost:4000 ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key


## Parameters



### Body: application/json (object)
The API Key authentication parameters
- **api_key** (string)
  API Key


## Responses
### 200
OK

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **session_token** (string)
  JWT session token

### 400
Bad Request

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **error** (string)
  Human readable version of the error status code

### 401
Unauthorized

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **error** (string)
  Human readable version of the error status code


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