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Create an API key

Connect your own systems to TenderLock. Included from Business.

Updated 7 October 2026

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Read-only API and MCP access is included from Business. Full access, with drafts and webhooks, is included from Professional.

Create a key

  1. Open Settings › API & MCP.
  2. Enter a Key name, choose Access (Read only, or Read + write) and when it Expires (30 days, 90 days, 1 year or never).
  3. Press Create key.
  4. Copy it now and keep it somewhere safe. We only store a fingerprint, so it can't be shown again.

Send the key as a Bearer token: Authorization: Bearer tl_live_…

Press Revoke to switch a key off at once. Full documentation is on the developer pages.

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