Authentication

Before you can use commands that access Finqu resources (like themes), you need to authenticate.

Obtaining API Credentials

To use API credentials for authentication (instead of the OAuth flow), you need to generate them first:

• Regular users: Generate API credentials from the Apps page in the Finqu admin area
• Partners: Generate your own API keys from Partner management

Once you have your API key and secret, you can use them with the finqu sign-in command or set them as environment variables.

Sign in

Use finqu sign-in to authenticate and obtain an access token:

finqu sign-in

If you already have API credentials, you can provide them directly:

finqu sign-in --key YOUR_API_KEY --secret YOUR_API_SECRET

What happens during sign-in

• If you don’t provide --key and --secret, the CLI uses an OAuth 2.0 flow and will open a browser window so you can complete sign-in.
• The CLI stores the resulting credentials in your configuration file (finqu.config.json) for the selected environment.

Environment variables

You can provide credentials via environment variables (as an alternative to using --key / --secret):

Tips

• If you start seeing auth errors, run finqu sign-in again to refresh your authentication.
• For details on where tokens are stored and how environments work, see Configuration.