# Access the API

You can access the Wayfair API via the official API endpoint:

* `https://ecom.webscrapingapi.com/v1`

### The API key

Authorizing requests sent to the official API endpoint is done via passing the <mark style="color:yellow;">**required**</mark> `api_key` parameter to the request. You can request your API key upon [registration](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/readme/registration), by subscribing to the Wayfair API service, available in the Dashboard.

In the following documentation, we will refer to the API key by using this syntax:**`<YOUR_API_KEY>`**

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Do not store your API key in publicly available scripts (i.e. public GitHub repositories). Your API key is strictly linked to your account and using it directly impacts your subscription plan!
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