# Getting Started

## Installation

To install the Paradime CLI, use pip:

```bash
pip install paradime-io
```

## Obtaining API Credentials

Before you can use the Paradime SDK, you need to obtain the following API credentials for your workspace:

* `API Key`
* `API Secret`
* `API Endpoint`

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[API Keys](/app-help/developers/generate-api-keys.md)
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## Set the environment variables to start using the CLI

Finally use the API credentials you have generated to set these as environment variables in your system.

```bash
export PARADIME_API_ENDPOINT="YOUR_API_ENDPOINT"
export PARADIME_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
export PARADIME_API_SECRET="YOUR_API_SECRET
```

Optionally, you can run the login CLI command to set the API credentials.

```bash
paradime login
```

## CLI Usage

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[Bolt CLI](/app-help/developers/paradime-cli/bolt-cli.md)
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For the full specification of the CLI, run:

```bash
paradime --help
```


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