# Getting Started

## Get your API keys

Your API requests are authenticated using API keys. Any request that doesn't include an API key will return an error.

You can generate an API key from your Dashboard at any time.

## Install the library

The best way to interact with our API is to use one of our official libraries:

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```
# Install via NPM
npm install --save xenia
```

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```
# Install via pip
pip install --upgrade xenia
```

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## Make your first request

To make your first request, send an authenticated request to the pets endpoint. This will create a `pet`, which is nice.

## Create a new location

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.xenia.team/v1/locations`

Create new location&#x20;

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type      | Description  |
| ----------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------ |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | JWT Token | Access token |

#### Request Body

| Name                                   | Type   | Description           |
| -------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------- |
| name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | The name of location  |
| description                            | string |                       |
| parentId                               | string | id of parent location |

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```json
{
    "id": "e77b6442-de60-401c-a173-0afc84a5747e",
    "name": "Main Branch",
    "description": "",
    "parentId": "",
    "createdAt": 1701743645
    "updatedAt": 2001743645
}
```

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{% tab title="400: Bad Request Validation failed" %}

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Take a look at how you might call this method using our official libraries, or via `curl`:

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{% tab title="curl" %}

```
curl https://api.xenia.com/v1/locations  
    -u YOUR_API_KEY:  
    -d name='Hightstreet Branch'  
```

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```javascript
// require the xenia module and set it up with your API key
const xenia = require('xenia')(YOUR_API_KEY);

const newLocation = await xenia.location.create({
    name: 'Hightstreet Branch',
})
```

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```python
// Set your API key before making the request
xenia.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY

xenia.Location.create(
    name='Hightstreet Branch'
)
```

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```
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```

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