# Unable to retrieve API key

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-api-key/21789>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** developer-tools\
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-api-key/21789 "2020-06-17T11:43:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bensquire](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bensquire/32/77060_2.png) [@bensquire](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bensquire)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-api-key/21789/1 "2020-06-17T11:43:59Z")

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Hi,

So I’ve created a dev account and I’m a super-admin. But I can’t see the integrations menu to the ~~right~~ left of my settings screen and therefore can’t get my API secret. What am I missing?

Thanks

Ben

 ![28238iB2D3447222965BB7.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/5/3549402e140dd31193e81ba147bb40c24c63f393.png)

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**Author:** ![bensquire](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bensquire/32/77060_2.png) [@bensquire](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bensquire)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-api-key/21789/2 "2020-06-17T11:51:02Z")

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And just to show what I’m trying to achieve:

```auto
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/contact/createOrUpdate/email/foo@baar.com?hapikey=INSERT_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
 "properties": [
 {
 "property": "email",
 "value": "foo@baar.com"
 },
 {
 "property": "firstname",
 "value": "test"
 },
 {
 "property": "lastname",
 "value": "testerson"
 },
 {
 "property": "website",
 "value": "http://updated.example.com"
 },
 {
 "property": "lifecyclestage",
 "value": "customer"
 }
 ]
}'

```

responsds with

```auto
{
 "status": "error",
 "message": "This hapikey (INSERT_API_KEY) doesn't exist.",
 "correlationId": "43161caf-fee9-4af4-b580-c07d8408dd54"
}

```

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**Author:** ![bensquire](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bensquire/32/77060_2.png) [@bensquire](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bensquire)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-api-key/21789/3 "2020-06-17T12:01:00Z")

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I’ve worked it out. I’d created a **developer-account** and an **application,** but what I actually needed was a **test-account.** Once I’d done that the settings worked as expected.

Clear as mud.