Finding your authKey

Finding your authorization key isn't easy if you don't know what you're doing, take this guide and prosper!

So you're new to the API and you're wondering "What is this 'key' I keep seeing and how do I find mine?" Well, the answer is simple if you follow these instructions.

I've provided both instructions for Firefox based browsers and Chrome based browsers below, jump to which ever applies to you.

Finding your auth key in Firefox

  1. The first step is simple, navigate to the dlive website in Firefox and log in with your account.

  2. Once you're logged in, you now need to open the 'developer console', to do this, hit the 'F12' key on your keyboard.

  3. Great! You've got the console open, now we need to select the "Network" tab and select "XHR" from the list at the top right corner of the console
    Image showing the consoles XHR tab

  4. Awesome, now after a while you'll start to see a few entries in the list from the domain graphigo.prd.dlive.tv, select one of these entries and a new column will appear to the right of the list.

  5. From this column, select the "Headers" tab and find a header under "Request headers" called "authorization"

Image showing the authorization header

  1. Awesome, we've got our token! Copy it down and remember to keep it a secret! It gives full access to your Dlive account and cannot be changed!

Finding your auth key in Chrome

  1. The first step is simple, navigate to the Dlive website in Chrome and log in with your account.

  2. Once you're logged in, you now need to open the 'developer console', to do this, hit the 'F12' key on your keyboard.

  3. Great! You've got the console open, now we need to select the "Network" tab and select "XHR" from the list at the top right corner of the console
    Image showing the consoles XHR tab

  4. Awesome, now after a while you'll start to see a few entries in the list from the domain graphigo.prd.dlive.tv, select one of these entries and a new column will appear to the right of the list.

  5. From this column, select the "Headers" tab and find a header under "Request headers" called "authorization"

Image showing the authorization header

  1. Awesome, we've got our token! Copy it down and remember to keep it a secret! It gives full access to your Dlive account and cannot be changed!