# Check your API key

> See which ParcelParcel account your API key belongs to.

`GET https://services.parcelparcel.com/partners-api/v1/me`

This endpoint returns the account that your API key belongs to. It has no body and changes nothing, so it's the quickest way to check that your credentials work before you build anything else.

It's also handy when your integration connects several ParcelParcel accounts: call it to show your user which account is connected.

## Header

You need to add the following headers:

| Name         | Value                          |
| :----------- | :----------------------------- |
| Content-Type | application/json               |
| X-PP-API     | `{YourAPIKey}@{YourAPISecret}` |

Don't you have an API Key and API Secret yet? Check our [Authentication](https://www.parcelparcel.com/api-docs/authentication/) page.

## Body

There is no body and there are no parameters.

## Response

| Name          | Value    | Comments                                                       |
| :------------ | :------- | :------------------------------------------------------------- |
| errors        | (bool)   | `false` when your credentials work.                            |
| message       | (string) | `Query processed successfully`                                 |
| data.username | (string) | The email address of the ParcelParcel account the key belongs to. |

Your live key and your [sandbox key](https://www.parcelparcel.com/api-docs/authentication/#test-with-your-sandbox-key) belong to the same account, so both return the same `username`.

### Example response

```json
{
  "errors": false,
  "message": "Query processed successfully",
  "data": {
    "username": "shipping@yourcompany.com"
  }
}
```

### When the key is wrong

If the `X-PP-API` header is missing, or the key or secret is wrong, you don't get JSON back but the text:

```text
X-PP-API header not valid
```

Check that the header has the form `{YourAPIKey}@{YourAPISecret}`, with an `@` between them and no spaces. Did you just [rotate your credentials](https://www.parcelparcel.com/api-docs/authentication/#rotate-your-credentials)? Then the old pair no longer works.

## Examples

Don't know how to test these requests? Check [our guide](https://www.parcelparcel.com/api-docs/postman-guide/).

### Request example - Check which account your key belongs to

```bash cURL
curl --location --request GET 'https://services.parcelparcel.com/partners-api/v1/me' \
--header 'X-PP-API: {YourAPIKey}@{YourAPISecret}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```
```http HTTP
GET /partners-api/v1/me HTTP/1.1
Host: services.parcelparcel.com
X-PP-API: {YourAPIKey}@{YourAPISecret}
Content-Type: application/json
```