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# Obtaining API Keys

Please navigate to your [Merchant dashboard](https://app.ivpay.io), find the "Points of sale" and click "Add new POS".

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Choose "Connect to API gateway"

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Enter API Key name (the website URL, for example)

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In next step, copy the API key and use it in the request header to create [payments](/start/ivpay-api/api-reference/payments.md)<br>

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On this page, you can also set your **Webhook URL**, your endpoint to which we will send a webhook about the status of the payment. You can read more about it [here](/start/get-started/webhooks.md).

## Done!