# Quick start

### Authentication

The admin API uses **token-based authentication**.

Your unique API token identifies your community within Circle's server and enables you to perform administrative tasks, such as handling community data or generating new content.

Community admins can obtain an API key by going to the **Developers -> Tokens** page in their community and selecting the type as **Admin V1 or V2**. Also, we recommend reading through the [API Docs here](https://api-headless.circle.so/?urls.primaryName=Admin%20APIs#/).

#### Request headers

After getting your API token, you can pass it as a header parameter with every request you make to the admin API:

```json
{
    "Authorization": "Bearer <API_Token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
```

### Performing a request

As an example, if you'd like to retrieve all posts for a specific space, you can use the following endpoint with the space's unique identifier. In this instance, posts are being fetched within the space ID `999`:

```sh
curl -X GET "https://app.circle.so/api/admin/v2/comments/posts?space_id=999&page=1&per_page=20&status=published" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_Token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

This request also contains parameters like `page`, `per_page` and `status:`

```json
// simplified version of Posts just 
{
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 20,
  "has_next_page": false,
  "count": 3,
  "page_count": 1,
  "records": [
    {
      "id": 1001,
      "status": "published",
      "name": "Welcome to Our Product Space",
      "slug": "welcome-to-our-product-space",
      "body": {
        "id": 1001,
        "body": "<p>Welcome to the product discussion space! Here we'll share updates and gather feedback.</p>",
        "created_at": "2024-09-01T09:00:00.000Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-09-01T09:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "url": "https://app.circle.so/c/product-space/welcome-to-our-product-space",
      "space_name": "Product Space",
      "space_id": 999,
      "user_name": "Product Manager",
      "comments_count": 15,
      "published_at": "2024-09-01T09:00:00.000Z",
      "likes_count": 32
    },
    {
      "id": 1002,
      "status": "published",
      "name": "New Feature Announcement",
      "slug": "new-feature-announcement",
      "body": {
        "id": 1002,
        "body": "<p>We're excited to announce our latest feature: AI-powered recommendations!</p>",
        "created_at": "2024-09-05T14:30:00.000Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-09-05T14:30:00.000Z"
      },
      "url": "https://app.circle.so/c/product-space/new-feature-announcement",
      "space_name": "Product Space",
      "space_id": 999,
      "user_name": "Development Lead",
      "comments_count": 28,
      "published_at": "2024-09-05T14:30:00.000Z",
      "likes_count": 45
    },
    {
      "id": 1003,
      "status": "published",
      "name": "Upcoming Maintenance Schedule",
      "slug": "upcoming-maintenance-schedule",
      "body": {
        "id": 1003,
        "body": "<p>Please be aware of our upcoming maintenance window this Saturday from 2 AM to 4 AM EST.</p>",
        "created_at": "2024-09-08T11:00:00.000Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-09-08T11:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "url": "https://app.circle.so/c/product-space/upcoming-maintenance-schedule",
      "space_name": "Product Space",
      "space_id": 999,
      "user_name": "Support Team",
      "comments_count": 7,
      "published_at": "2024-09-08T11:00:00.000Z",
      "likes_count": 12
    }
  ]
}
```


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://api.circle.so/apis/admin-api/quick-start.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.