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API keys and modes

Two kinds of key, two modes, one header. The key decides everything; there is no mode parameter to get wrong.

Authenticate every request with Authorization: Bearer <key>. Keys are shown once, at creation; only a hash is stored. Roll a key from the dashboard and the old one stops working immediately.

KeyWhere it livesWhat it can do
sk_test_… / sk_live_…Your server, your secret managerEverything: push, read, manage webhooks.
pk_test_… / pk_live_…A web page — safe to embedRead public-tier data only. What the calendar widget ships with.

Test keys write to an isolated partition you can reset from the dashboard (API keys → Danger zone). Live data has no reset. A publishable key that tries to write gets a 403 with publishable_key as the problem type.

Errors

Every error is an RFC 9457 problem document: a type URI, a human detail, and — for batch validation — an errors array with the index and JSON pointer of each rejected observation.

The exact shape of this