# Quick Start

## Sign Up!

<a href="https://app.mindee.com/signup?utm_source=docs" class="button primary" data-icon="user-plus">Sign Up to Mindee</a>

You can sign up and connect using your Google or Github account.

You can also create an account using good old-fashioned email and password.

## Create a Model

The quickest way is to use a predefined model by selecting one from the catalog.

If there are no pre-built models that suit your needs, you can:

* [Modify a model from the catalog](https://docs.mindee.com/defining-a-model#from-an-existing-model)
* [Create your own model from scratch](https://docs.mindee.com/defining-a-model#from-scratch)

## Test the Model

Be sure to make at least one test on a document, using the [live-test](https://docs.mindee.com/models/live-test "mention") feature.

If it doesn't work as expected, you can modify the Data Schema, as explained in [#modifying-your-data-schema](https://docs.mindee.com/models/models-overview#modifying-your-data-schema "mention").

## Create an API Key

On the left-hand menu of the Mindee Platform, click [**API Keys**](https://app.mindee.com/api-keys) and create a new key.

## Send a File or URL

You can easily send a file or an URL using one of our officially-supported [client-libraries-sdk](https://docs.mindee.com/integrations/client-libraries-sdk "mention").

For a quick introduction and ready to use code samples, check out the [quick-start](https://docs.mindee.com/integrations/client-libraries-sdk/quick-start "mention") section.

## Process the Result

You'll need some way of importing the JSON structure and manipulating it.

For quick testing, we recommend to [process-the-response](https://docs.mindee.com/integrations/client-libraries-sdk/process-the-response "mention") using our client libraries.

{% @supademo/embed demoId="cmewtri4u8939v9kqh3q6u1g7" url="<https://app.supademo.com/demo/cmewtri4u8939v9kqh3q6u1g7>" %}