# commercetools

### Authentication

Login to your commercetools account. In the left side panel click **Settings** > **Developer Settings** and create an API client with your scopes. Once complete, you will receive client\_id and client\_secret.

![Creating an API client to get client\_id and client\_secret](https://291121471-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-McrRFZHYH27bqKzOVDd%2Fuploads%2FlbO0dMVGP8kQDhrKEDZU%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=a485ca70-eec2-44db-ab02-f4f2dc1a12b9)

Docs by commercetools on authentication are [here](https://docs.commercetools.com/api/authorization).