### There are three simple steps before starting development with APItude: register to get your API Key and Secret, configure your Authentication and begin testing.
1. Register for an API Key
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[Register](/register) today with our extremely simple registration process to get an ID and API Keys for our three API suites and gain access to our evaluation environment! In only a few clicks you will be able to get your API Key for testing purposes. The API key is required to launch every request of our API.
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