# 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`

{% content-ref url="../generate-api-keys" %}
[generate-api-keys](https://docs.paradime.io/app-help/developers/generate-api-keys)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## 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

{% content-ref url="bolt-cli" %}
[bolt-cli](https://docs.paradime.io/app-help/developers/paradime-cli/bolt-cli)
{% endcontent-ref %}

For the full specification of the CLI, run:

```bash
paradime --help
```