Authentication

The Helicone API uses Bearer token authentication.

Getting an API Key

1. Sign up at helicone.ai
2. Navigate to your dashboard settings
3. Create a new API key

Client Initialization

using Helicone;

var client = new HeliconeClient(
    apiKey: Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HELICONE_API_KEY")!);

Environment Variables

For integration tests, set the following environment variable:

export HELICONE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here