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title: "Daily"
---

#### Obtaining Daily API Credentials
<Steps>
    <Step title="Open Daily and sign into your account">
        Go to [Daily](https://www.daily.co/) and sign into your account.
    </Step>
    <Step title="Navigate to the Developers tab">
        From within your dashboard, go to the [developers](https://dashboard.daily.co/developers) tab.
    </Step>
    <Step title="Copy your API key">
        Copy the API key provided in the developers tab.
    </Step>
    <Step title="Paste the API key into the .env file">
        Now paste the API key into the `DAILY_API_KEY` field in your `.env` file.
    </Step>
    <Step title="Set the DAILY_SCALE_PLAN variable (optional)">
        If you have the [Daily Scale Plan](https://www.daily.co/pricing), set the `DAILY_SCALE_PLAN` variable to `true` in the `.env` file to use features like video recording.
    </Step>
</Steps>