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# How to

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Using the Cloudflare API requires authentication so that Cloudflare knows who is making requests and what permissions you have. [Create an API token](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) to grant access to the API to perform actions.

Note

You can also authenticate with [API keys](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/), but these keys have [several limitations](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/#limitations) that make them less secure than API tokens. Whenever possible, use API tokens to interact with the Cloudflare API.

* [Make API calls](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/)
* [Create tokens via API](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/create-via-api/)
* [Control API Access](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/control-api-access/)
* [Restrict tokens](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/restrict-tokens/)
* [Roll tokens](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/roll-token/)
* [API token template URLs](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/account-owned-token-template/)

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