overview changedapi/overview
Nearest release: v2.1.300, published 6 hours before this site recorded the change. Shown because the two are within 24 hours of each other. Nothing here says the release caused the edit.
Recorded here
Lines+2added
Lines−2removed
From line
15
where the diff opens
First seen
14 Aug 2026
this site's first read of the page
Recorded edits20to this page, all time
The whole hunk
from line 15, old and new numbered
/
from line 15
1515To use the Claude API, you'll need:
1616
1717* A [Claude Console account](https://platform.claude.com)
18* An [API key](https://platform.claude.com/settings/keys), or a configured [Workload Identity Federation](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/workload-identity-federation) rule
18* An [API key](https://platform.claude.com/settings/keys) from the Console, or a configured [Workload Identity Federation](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/workload-identity-federation) rule
1919
2020For step-by-step setup instructions, see [Get started](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/get-started).
2121
from line 56
5656
5757### Getting API keys
5858
59The API is made available through the web [Console](https://platform.claude.com/). You can use [playground](https://platform.claude.com/playground) to try out the API in the browser and then generate API keys in [Account Settings](https://platform.claude.com/settings/keys) (see [Get your Claude API key](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/get-api-key)). You choose each key's type (see [Key types](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/authentication#key-types)) and its [expiration](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/authentication#key-expiration) when you create it. Use [workspaces](https://platform.claude.com/settings/workspaces) to separate environments and [control spend](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/rate-limits) by use case.
59The API is made available through the web [Console](https://platform.claude.com/). In the Console, you can use [playground](https://platform.claude.com/playground) (`platform.claude.com/playground`) to try out the API in the browser and then generate API keys on the [API keys](https://platform.claude.com/settings/keys) page (`platform.claude.com/settings/keys`). To learn how, see [Get your Claude API key](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/get-api-key). You choose each key's type (see [Key types](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/authentication#key-types)) and its [expiration](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/authentication#key-expiration) when you create it. Use [workspaces](https://platform.claude.com/settings/workspaces) in the Console to separate environments and [control spend](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/rate-limits) by use case.
6060
6161## Client SDKs
6262
No line in this hunk matches that.