Quickstart

Prerequisites

A SmartlyQ account (sign up)
A Pro plan or higher (API access requires Pro+)
An API key from the Developer Dashboard

Step 1: Get your API key

Open the Developer Dashboard

Go to app.smartlyq.com/my/developer and create a new API key.

Copy your key

Your key looks like sqk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx. Keep it safe — you won’t be able to see it again.

Add credits

API usage is prepaid. Top up your Developer wallet from the same dashboard.

Step 2: Make your first request

Verify your key by fetching your profile:

curl -X GET https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sqk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

const res = await fetch("https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/me", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer sqk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx" }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/me",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sqk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"}
)
print(res.json())

You should receive a JSON response with your user profile and plan details.

Step 3: Generate content

Try generating an article (returns a job you can poll):

curl -X POST https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/articles/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sqk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "topic": "10 Tips for Social Media Marketing",
    "language": "en",
    "tone": "professional"
  }'

The response includes a job_id. Poll GET /jobs/{job_id} until the job completes.

Next steps

Authentication

Learn about API keys, scopes, and security.

Billing & Credits

Understand how credits and pricing work.

API Reference

Browse all available endpoints.

Async Jobs

Learn how to poll for long-running operations.

SDKs & CLI

Guides

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get your API key

Step 2: Make your first request

Step 3: Generate content

Next steps

Authentication

Billing & Credits

API Reference

Async Jobs

​Prerequisites

​Step 1: Get your API key

​Step 2: Make your first request

​Step 3: Generate content

​Next steps

Authentication

Billing & Credits

API Reference

Async Jobs

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get your API key

Step 2: Make your first request

Step 3: Generate content

Next steps