# Create and manage your ngram API key

Source: https://www.ngram.com/docs/api/public-api-v1

Learn how every signed-in ngram user can create, copy, rotate, and revoke an API key for the REST API, MCP, Zapier, and n8n workflows.

API

Every signed-in user can create, rotate, and revoke an API key from Account & Settings.

[Open API Keys](https://www.ngram.com/app/settings/api-keys) [All docs](https://www.ngram.com/docs)

## Read before this

Read these direct prerequisites in order. Each guide lists any earlier context it assumes.

1. [1 Account and preferences Manage profile details, job behavior, notifications, and deletion.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/account-and-preferences)

## API keys are self-service

Every signed-in user can open Settings → API Keys and create a credential. No separate developer-access request, allowlist, or sales step is required.

1

### Open your profile menu

Look at the bottom-left corner of the sidebar. You will see your profile avatar. Click it to open the account menu.

![ngram app home screen, profile avatar button visible at the bottom-left of the sidebar](https://www.ngram.com/media/docs/app-home-profile-button.png)

2

### Open Account & Settings

A small menu appears with your account details, team controls, and account actions. Click "Account & Settings".

![Account menu expanded showing Account & Settings option](https://www.ngram.com/media/docs/account-settings-menu.png)

3

### Click API Keys

Inside Account & Settings, find and click API Keys in the left navigation. You will see the API Keys management page with a Create API Key button.

![Settings page with API Keys section selected in the left navigation](https://www.ngram.com/media/docs/api-keys-tab.png)

4

### Name and create your key

Click "+ Create API Key". A dialog asks for a name and an optional description. Use a name that reminds you where you will use this key, for example "Zapier", "MCP", or "My app". Click Create API Key to confirm.

![Create API Key dialog with Name required and Description optional fields](https://www.ngram.com/media/docs/create-api-key-dialog.png)

5

### Copy your key immediately

After creation, ngram displays the full key once. Copy it now. After you dismiss the screen, the key is masked and cannot be retrieved. Delete it and create a new one if you lose it.

6

### Use your key with a supported surface

Your key starts with ngs_ and works as a Bearer token. Use it with the REST API or a supported credential-based setup for MCP, Zapier, or n8n. A connector that authenticates inside its own interface may not ask you to paste a key.

## Where to use your key

[REST API Call the ngram API directly from your backend.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/getting-started) [MCP server Use ngram from an eligible MCP client.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/mcp) [Zapier Connect ngram to thousands of apps without code.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/zapier) [n8n Automate video creation in self-hosted n8n workflows.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/n8n)

## Create your API key

Open API Keys to create, rotate, or revoke a credential for your API and automation workflows.

[Open API Keys](https://www.ngram.com/app/settings/api-keys) [API getting started](https://www.ngram.com/docs/getting-started)