# Setting Up Your Environment

# Finding Your API Key

# Setting an APPLITOOLS_API_KEY Environment Variable

# Exporting the environment variable

• Mac: export APPLITOOLS_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
• Windows: set APPLITOOLS_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

# Running the process with the environment variable

$ APPLITOOLS_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" script

Replace script with your tool of choice (eg. npm test, pytest)

# Other options

• Creating and loading an environment file (.env)
• Store in the system variables (in Windows) or in the ~/.bash_profile (in Mac) so that it is accessible from all Terminal shells