# Authorization

This section provides functionality for authenticating and authorizing clients and applications, ensuring secure access to your API. To receive an API key, you must register or log in to your personal account.

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**Warning:** Do not give your authorization key to third parties!
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## Key features

* **API Key Generation:** 

Enables the creation of a unique API key for clients and applications using your API. The key ensures secure access to API resources.

* **Access control:** 

Grants access to the API key based on a specified IP list.

### 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.

You can generate a new API key from [`your dashboard`](https://proxy-seller.com/personal/api/) at any time. Simply press the 'Generate key' button.

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You can change a new API key from your dashboard at any time. Just press button "Generate key".
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### **Access control**

You can use IP authorization to enhance security. However, using IP authorization also requires an API key.

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**Warning**: API access can only be allowed from specific IP addresses.

If your IP address is detected as **IPv6**, please use the **IPv6** address in the whitelist.&#x20;

You can check it in advance using our tool: <https://proxy-seller.com/tools/hideip/>
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