---
title: Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key
description: Learn about authenticate with a cloudflare api key in Cloudflare analytics.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

> Documentation Index  
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/llms.txt  
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. 

[Skip to content](#%5Ftop) 

# Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key

API keys are unique to each Cloudflare user and used only for authentication. An API key does not authorize access to accounts or zones. To ensure that the GraphQL Analytics API authenticates your queries, retrieve your Cloudflare Global API Key.

Learn how to [retrieve your API Key in the Cloudflare dashboard](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/).

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-key-auth/#page","headline":"Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key · Cloudflare Analytics docs","description":"Learn about authenticate with a cloudflare api key in Cloudflare analytics.","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-key-auth/","inLanguage":"en","image":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png","dateModified":"2026-04-23","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cloudflare","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/#website","name":"Cloudflare Docs","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/"}}
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/analytics/","name":"Analytics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/analytics/graphql-api/","name":"GraphQL Analytics API"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/","name":"Get started"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/","name":"Authentication"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@id":"/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-key-auth/","name":"Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key"}}]}
```