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# Get credentials

Create a client ID and a client secret in the Abacum app.

The API uses OAuth 2.0 credentials: a client ID and a client secret. You create them in the Abacum app.

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Only a super admin can create credentials. The **Connections & API** menu shows only when the API is enabled for your organization.
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### Open the API settings

In Abacum, open **Settings**, then **Connections & API**.
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### Generate a token

Click **Generate API Token**.
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### Store the client secret

Abacum shows the **Client ID** and the **Client Secret**. Copy both, and keep them in a secure place.
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![The API settings with a client ID and a client secret](https://2379578202-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCInB7hHJDdVbsWHHcmG6%2Fuploads%2FIEz4kumOqgvuvHhTkGw0%2Fget-credentials.png?alt=media)

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Abacum shows the client secret one time only. Abacum cannot show it again or recover it after you close the window. If you lose it, generate new credentials.
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## Manage credentials

Go back to **Settings** > **Connections & API** to generate new credentials, or to disconnect the current ones.

## Whose permissions apply

Each set of credentials belongs to the user who created them. Every call runs with the role and the access of that user. See [Access and permissions](/essentials/concepts/access-and-permissions.md).