# Quick Start

{% hint style="info" %}
**Tip:** Shopwaive's quick start guide helps developers setup their first request in minutes. Use this guide to locate your API keys and more.
{% endhint %}

## Get your API keys

Your API requests are authenticated with Shopwaive using API keys and access tokens. Any request that doesn't include an API key will return an error.

Within the Shopwaive app, you can access your API keys from clicking the initial avatar at the top right of the topbar to access the Settings menu, then click **Settings** and scroll down to the Shopwaive REST API.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Good to know:** Access tokens should be handled with care and never exposed in unsecured environments. They should never be shared as they provide access to your stores' data.
{% endhint %}

## Make your first request

To make your first request, send an authenticated request to the get customer endpoint. This will fetch a `customer` by email address. Ensure to include the `X-Shopwaive-Access-Token` and `X-Shopwaive-Platform` headers.

{% openapi src="/files/SxAe8b4pp5MX0TU3Y7gs" path="/api/customer/{customer\_email}" method="get" %}
[index.yaml](https://2430267771-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FR7BwDfJhPObShd4z9nqx%2Fuploads%2FbR6l66fKRS3weXwiRMxK%2Findex.yaml?alt=media\&token=bf6a576f-d4bd-4c53-930c-0067f2d371da)
{% endopenapi %}

Take a look at how you might call this method using our official libraries, or via `curl`:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="curl" %}

```curl
curl --location 'https://app.shopwaive.com/api/customer/example@gmail.com' \
--header 'X-Shopwaive-Access-Token: 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0' \
--header 'X-Shopwaive-Platform: shopify' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data ''
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node Axios" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');
var data = '';

var config = {
  method: 'get',
maxBodyLength: Infinity,
  url: 'https://app.shopwaive.com/api/customer/example@gmail.com',
  headers: { 
    'X-Shopwaive-Access-Token': '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0', 
    'X-Shopwaive-Platform': 'shopify', 
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NPM Package" %}

```javascript
var config = {
    headers: {
        "X-Shopwaive-Access-Token": "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6",
        "X-Shopwaive-Platform": "shopify",
        "Content-Type":"application/json"
    }
};

const Shopwaive = require('@shopwaive/credit');
const email = "support@shopwaive.com";

async function getCustomer() {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        let data = Shopwaive.getCustomer(config, email);
        resolve(data)
    });
}

getCustomer().then(res => {
    let data = res.data;
    if (data) {
        console.log(res.data);
    }
    console.log(res.status)
    console.log(res.statusText)

})
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("app.shopwaive.com")
payload = ''
headers = {
  'X-Shopwaive-Access-Token': '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0',
  'X-Shopwaive-Platform': 'shopify',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
conn.request("GET", "/api/customer/example@gmail.com", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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