# Quick Start

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**Good to know:** A quick start guide can be good to help folks get up and running with your API in a few steps. Some people prefer diving in with the basics rather than meticulously reading every page of documentation!
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## Setup your project

Our API is based on Restful architecture and the same line you need to create an environment variables in order to distinguish a sandbox or production environment. 

We suggest create a variable named **BASE\_URL** to define the main route to test the requests available in our API.

Sandbox URL

```
BASE_URL = https://api-pay-qa.coini.tech
```

Production URL

```
BASE_URL = https://api-pay.coini.tech
```

## Get your API keys

Your API requests are authenticated using API keys. Any request that doesn't include an API key will return an error.

In a sandbox mode you can use the following API Key:

```
API_KEY = iQGCenQTfF86vbJE3hCcDHzr5mQvSKC9i5yxqLiE//4=
```

In a production mode you can generate an API key from your Dashboard at any time or you can put in contact with us sending an email to **<hola@coini.app>**.