Five-minute setup
Getting started
Everything you need to go from zero to your first API call in under five minutes. No experience required — just curiosity and a keyboard.
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The path
Your first API call in three steps
Follow along and you'll have a working integration before your coffee gets cold.
1
Create your developer account
Sign up with email or your SSO provider. Verification is instant and you land straight on your dashboard.
2
Generate your credentials
Open credentials in your dashboard and generate a key. Store it somewhere safe — every request carries it.
3
Make your first request
Pick an API, copy a sample request, swap in your key, and fire away. The response lands in milliseconds.
Try it now
Your first call, in any language
Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own credentials and run it. The response tab shows exactly what comes back.
cURL
JavaScript
Python
Response
curl -s https://api.seriousmonkey.biz/v1/bananas \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
You're all set
A 200 OK means you just made your first Serious Monkey Business API call. Head to the API catalog to see everything else on offer.
Keep going
Dive deeper
Ready to level up? These cover documentation, versioning, and picking the right auth for the job.
We've got you
Need help along the way?
The guides go deeper on every step, and the catalog documents each endpoint in full. No question is too small — or too bananas.