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Project Setup
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We have just :doc:`installed Pyrogram <install>`. In this page we'll discuss what you need to do in order to set up a
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project with the library. Let's see how it's done.
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API Keys
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--------
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The very first step requires you to obtain a valid Telegram API key (API id/hash pair):
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#. Visit https://my.telegram.org/apps and log in with your Telegram Account.
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#. Fill out the form to register a new Telegram application.
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#. Done! The API key consists of two parts: **api_id** and **api_hash**.
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.. important::
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The API key is personal and must be kept secret.
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.. note::
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The API key is unique for each user, but defines a token for a Telegram *application* you are going to build. This
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means that you are able to authorize multiple users (and bots too) to access the Telegram database through the
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MTProto API by a single API key.
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Configuration
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Having the API key from the previous step in handy, we can now begin to configure a Pyrogram project.
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There are two ways to do so, and you can choose what fits better for you:
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- First option (recommended): create a new ``config.ini`` file at the root of your working directory, copy-paste the
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following and replace the **api_id** and **api_hash** values with your own. This is the preferred method because
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allows you to keep your credentials out of your code without having to deal with how to load them:
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.. code-block:: ini
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[pyrogram]
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api_id = 12345
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api_hash = 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
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- Alternatively, you can pass your API key to Pyrogram by simply using the *api_id* and *api_hash* parameters of the
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Client class. This way you can have full control on how to store and load your credentials (e.g., you can load the
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credentials from the environment variables and directly pass the values into Pyrogram):
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.. code-block:: python
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from pyrogram import Client
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app = Client(
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"my_account",
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api_id=12345,
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api_hash="0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
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)
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.. note::
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To keep code snippets clean and concise, from now on it is assumed you are making use of the ``config.ini`` file,
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thus, the *api_id* and *api_hash* parameters usage won't be shown anymore.
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