Ready to start building with Bigdata.com? Set up an API key and an HTTP client. Here’s what you’ll accomplish on this page: ✅ Create an API key
✅ Configure the BIGDATA_API_KEY environment variable
✅ Send a test request
Let’s get your workspace ready for success!

Create an API key

Create an API key in the Bigdata.com Developer Platform. See Authentication for details.

Initialise environment variables

Export your API key so applications and command-line examples can read it:

export BIGDATA_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>

Test the connection

curl -X POST 'https://api.bigdata.com/v1/knowledge-graph/companies' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $BIGDATA_API_KEY" \
  --data '{"query": "Apple"}'