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# API Reference

## What is the purpose of Sesterce Cloud API?

Our API has been built to allow our users to launch and manage their instances, persistent storages and SSH Keys via an API rather than our UI console.

### Prerequisites

To be able to use Sesterce Cloud API Key, please follow these 2 prerequisites:

1. [Create an account](/welcome-on-sesterce-cloud/account-creation.md) and top-up your balance through [Billing tab](https://cloud.sesterce.com/billing)
2. Generate and retrieve your API key through [Settings tab](https://cloud.sesterce.com/settings)


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