# apiKey

Type: \<string\>

The API Key associated with your plan for [authenticating](https://microlink.io/docs/api/basics/authentication) your requests.

- React

- Vue

- Jekyll

- Vanilla

```
<template>

<Microlinkurl='https://microlink.io'api-key='MyApiKey'/>

</template>
```

The free daily quota will be used if you don't provide a registered API key.

When you do not attach an API Key, you are going to use the free quota until you reach the daily rate limit.

To get a better daily quota, you'll need to have a plan. See [pricing](https://microlink.io/pricing) to know the plans.

After payment, you'll recieve the API key (via email) that you need to attach to authenticate requests.