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# Authentication

The API key should be included in all API requests to the server in the `Authorization` header as a Bearer token:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```bash
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/...'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/...',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env['API_KEY']}`
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response)
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err)
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
import os

data = requests.get(
  "https://api.sfox.com/...",
  headers={
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['API_KEY']}",
  }
)
print(data.json())
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Enterprise Partner Authentication

sFOX will provide your enterprise with an “Enterprise Partner” Bearer Token, which will grant your enterprise access to the partner-specific endpoints described in Connect documentation.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note: all of the REST endpoints described in the Connect documentation require your Enterprise Bearer Token as the Bearer Token for authentication.**
{% endhint %}

To access a specific user’s account, see below.

### **User** Authentication

To access specific users’ accounts on sFOX via any of the endpoints documented [here](https://docs.sfox.com/), your enterprise will use that user’s Bearer Token provided by the endpoints described in the next section.


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