API authentication

The Customer API authenticates every request with an API key. Keys start with fp_live_.

Sending your key

Send your key with every request, using either of these headers:

curl https://flameproxies.com/api/customer/balance \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer fp_live_xxx"

curl https://flameproxies.com/api/customer/balance \
  -H "x-api-key: fp_live_xxx"

Both headers work the same way. Use whichever your HTTP client makes easier. A missing, invalid, or revoked key returns an unauthorized error:

{
  "error": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Human-readable error message."
}

API key ≠ proxy credentials. The API key authenticates calls to flameproxies.com/api/customer. Your package username and password authenticate proxy traffic through proxy.flameproxies.com — they’re the credentials returned by get a package and used in the lines from generate proxies. The two are managed separately and aren’t interchangeable.

Getting your key

Your API key is on the API docs page of the dashboard, along with its status and your customer ID. Keys are shown only once. Copy your key and store it securely when it’s displayed — you can’t view it again later.

Rotating and revoking keys

You manage your key from the same dashboard page:

Rotate key — replaces your key with a new one. Rotate any time, for example on a schedule or after someone leaves your team. Update your integrations with the new key.
Revoke key — disables your key. Requests that use it fail with unauthorized.

When a key is active and ready for API requests, the dashboard shows its status as Active.

Best practices

Store your key in a secrets manager or environment variable, never in code or client-side bundles.
Call the API only from your backend. Never expose the key in a browser or mobile app.
Rotate the key immediately if you suspect it has leaked.

import os
import requests

API_KEY = os.environ["FLAME_API_KEY"]

resp = requests.get(
    "https://flameproxies.com/api/customer/balance",
    headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
)
print(resp.json())

Getting Started

Proxies

Dashboard

API Reference

Code Examples

Troubleshooting

Sending your key

Getting your key

Rotating and revoking keys

Best practices

Next steps

API quickstart

Error handling

​Sending your key

​Getting your key

​Rotating and revoking keys

​Best practices

​Next steps

API quickstart

Error handling

Sending your key

Getting your key

Rotating and revoking keys

Best practices

Next steps