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persona-install-auth

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Configure Persona API authentication with sandbox and production API keys. Use when setting up identity verification, configuring API credentials, or initializing Persona in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install persona", "setup persona", "persona auth", "persona API key", "KYC setup".

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Persona Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Persona API authentication. Persona uses Bearer token auth with environment-prefixed API keys (persona_sandbox_* for testing, persona_production_* for live). No SDK required -- direct REST API calls with any HTTP client.

Prerequisites

  • Persona account at withpersona.com
  • At least one Inquiry Template configured in the Persona Dashboard
  • Node.js 18+ or Python 3.9+

Instructions

Step 1: Get API Keys

1. Log into dashboard.withpersona.com
2. Go to Settings > API Keys
3. Copy your sandbox key (starts with persona_sandbox_)
4. For production: copy production key (starts with persona_production_)

Step 2: Configure Environment

# .env — never commit
PERSONA_API_KEY=persona_sandbox_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PERSONA_API_VERSION=2023-01-05

# .gitignore
echo '.env' >> .gitignore

Step 3: Install HTTP Client

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js
npm install axios dotenv

# Python
pip install requests python-dotenv

Step 4: Verify Connection (Node.js)

import axios from 'axios';

const persona = axios.create({
  baseURL: 'https://withpersona.com/api/v1',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.PERSONA_API_KEY}`,
    'Persona-Version': process.env.PERSONA_API_VERSION || '2023-01-05',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

async function verify() {
  const { data } = await persona.get('/inquiries?page[size]=1');
  console.log(`Connected! Found ${data.data.length} inquiry(ies).`);
}
verify().catch(console.error);

Step 5: Verify Connection (Python)

import os, requests
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PERSONA_API_KEY']}",
    "Persona-Version": os.environ.get("PERSONA_API_VERSION", "2023-01-05"),
}

resp = requests.get("https://withpersona.com/api/v1/inquiries?page[size]=1", headers=headers)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(f"Connected! Status: {resp.status_code}")

Output

  • API key configured and verified
  • HTTP client set up with correct headers
  • Successful test call to Persona API

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
401 UnauthorizedInvalid or expired API keyVerify key in Dashboard > Settings > API Keys
403 ForbiddenKey doesn't match environmentUse persona_sandbox_* for testing
400 Missing Persona-VersionVersion header not setAdd Persona-Version: 2023-01-05 header
Connection refusedNetwork/firewall issueEnsure HTTPS to withpersona.com is allowed

Resources

Next Steps

Create your first inquiry: persona-hello-world