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Generate or Reset External API key

Take a look at our detailed API Docs for details on the API. Do you need an external API key? follow the steps below: Login to Flourish Software. Go to Settings.. Select Users.. Click on the user ema…

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Use the New API Keys Management

⚠️ This method of generating External API keys at the user level is considered legacy and will be sunset in the future. For now, use the legacy method only for Zapier or Green Check integrations. For all other integrattions, we strongly recommend using the new, service-based API key management instead. Learn more in the article Flourish Software External API Key Management.
Take a look at our detailed API Docs for details on the API.

Legacy

Get the API Key

Do you need an external API key? follow the steps below:

  1. Login to Flourish Software
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Select Users.
  4. Click on the user email that you wish to generate this API key for.
    Note: Actions taken via the External API that create or edit an object will be logged as if done by the user tied to the API key
    Screenshot of the Flourish Software Company Users page, showing a list of users with columns for First Name, Last Name, Username, and Roles.
  5. In the user profile, click Edit on the top right of the page
    The screenshot shows a user profile page in Flourish Software for a user named "Support User," accessed via Settings > Users, with a green arrow highlighting the Edit button in the…

  1. Finally, click on Generate API Key
    The screenshot shows a user profile page in Flourish Software for a "Support User," with an arrow pointing to the green Generate API Key button located in the External API section…
    1. If you already had an External API Key and you need to reset it, the button is The image shows a green "Reset API Key" button, which appears in the legacy user-level External API key management workflow within Flourish Software's user profile edit screen..
  2. Use the icons to copy the Username and the External API Key and save them somewhere safe!
    The image shows the External API section of a Flourish Software user profile, displaying two masked fields — Username and External API Key — each with a copy icon, alongside a…
    This Username and External API key will only be shown once.

  1. Click Save.

Zapier Users

If using Zapier, use the credentials generated to authenticate using Basic Auth. For example, see where to use the "Username" and "External API Key" in the Zapier input below:

You must Save your External API key in Flourish before you click "Yes, Continue" on Zapier!

The image shows a side-by-side comparison of the Flourish Software External API credentials section (displaying the generated Username and External API Key fields, along with a…

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