Clay Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Clay SDK/CLI and configure authentication credentials.

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
Clay account with API access
API key from Clay dashboard

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

# Node.js
npm install @clay/sdk

# Python
pip install clay

Step 2: Configure Authentication

# Set environment variable
export CLAY_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Or create .env file
echo 'CLAY_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env

Step 3: Verify Connection

// Test connection code here

Output

Installed SDK package in node_modules or site-packages
Environment variable or .env file with API key
Successful connection verification output

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Invalid API Key | Incorrect or expired key | Verify key in Clay dashboard | | Rate Limited | Exceeded quota | Check quota at https://docs.clay.com | | Network Error | Firewall blocking | Ensure outbound HTTPS allowed | | Module Not Found | Installation failed | Run npm install or pip install again |

Examples

TypeScript Setup

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

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

Python Setup

from clay import ClayClient

client = ClayClient(
    api_key=os.environ.get('CLAY_API_KEY')
)

Resources

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to clay-hello-world for your first API call.