---
title: Getting started with a scoped token
description: Authenticate a first API request with an issued partner token.
---

Use a scoped bearer token issued for your integration. Send it in the `Authorization` header and keep it out of source control, browser code, and logs.

```bash
curl "${API_BASE_URL}/api/v1/matters?\$top=50&\$skip=0" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${BLINQX_API_TOKEN}"
```

A missing, invalid, revoked, or inactive token returns `401`. The API is versioned under `/api/v1`.

[Open the published OpenAPI JSON](/openapi.json) for the current paths and response schemas, or use the [developer API map](/developers/public-api) for the contract flow and local Scalar preview.