Authentication

Create an API key and authenticate requests to the REST API and MCP server.

Both the REST API and the MCP server authenticate with the same API keys.

Create a key

Open the dashboard

Go to Dashboard, Settings, API Keys at usewait.com/dashboard/settings.

Create and copy

Name the key (for example my-agent) and create it. Keys look like uw_live_... and are shown once; only a hash is stored.

Send it on every request, either as a bearer token or an x-api-key header:

curl https://usewait.com/api/v1/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uw_live_YOUR_KEY"

curl https://usewait.com/api/v1/me \
  -H "x-api-key: uw_live_YOUR_KEY"

For MCP, pass the same header in your client configuration; see MCP Server.

A key acts as the account that created it: every operation is scoped to that account’s waitlists and templates.
You can hold up to 10 active keys; revoke them any time from the dashboard. Revocation is immediate.
Rate limit: 120 requests per minute per account. Exceeding it returns 429.