Clay Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating core Clay functionality.

Prerequisites

Completed clay-install-auth setup
Valid API credentials configured
Development environment ready

Instructions

Step 1: Create Entry File

Create a new file for your hello world example.

Step 2: Import and Initialize Client

import { ClayClient } from '@clay/sdk';

const client = new ClayClient({
  apiKey: process.env.CLAY_API_KEY,
});

Step 3: Make Your First API Call

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Output

Working code file with Clay client initialization
Successful API response confirming connection
Console output showing:

Success! Your Clay connection is working.

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Import Error | SDK not installed | Verify with npm list or pip show | | Auth Error | Invalid credentials | Check environment variable is set | | Timeout | Network issues | Increase timeout or check connectivity | | Rate Limit | Too many requests | Wait and retry with exponential backoff |

Examples

TypeScript Example

import { ClayClient } from '@clay/sdk';

const client = new ClayClient({
  apiKey: process.env.CLAY_API_KEY,
});

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Python Example

from clay import ClayClient

client = ClayClient()

# Your first API call here

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to clay-local-dev-loop for development workflow setup.