# API

Welcome to the HIVO API! You can use our API to access HIVO API endpoints.

This API follows the [json:api specification](https://jsonapi.org/). You can register a new HIVO API key by contacting HIVO Support.\
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HIVO expects a `USER_ID` and `API_KEY` in all API requests to the server in headers.

#### Response Details <a href="#response-details" id="response-details"></a>

Every response has the following properties:

* All responses are of type `application/json; charset=utf-8`.
* All responses are a JSON object containing the `meta` property.
* The response either contains the `data` or `errors` property depending on whether the request was successful. The two properties will never coexist.
* The `meta` object always contains a `timestamp` property, which is a server timestamp in milliseconds.
* If the User was successfully authenticated, the `meta` object will contain the properties:
  * `authentication` - property describing how the User was authenticated. If using an API key, this will be `"apiKey"`.
  * `links.meta` - link to the User who was authenticated.
* If the request contains the `Accept-Encoding: gzip` header, the response may be gzipped and returned with the `Content-Encoding: gzip` header.


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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://support.hivo.co/api.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.