# Getting Started

## Gather Your Credentials

All API calls require some basic authentication. Here's how to find your community ID and API key.

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[Retrieving Your Credentials](/cad/api-integration/getting-started/retrieving-your-credentials.md)
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### Map In-Game Users to CAD Users

Before you can update units, send calls, or read player data, your integration needs a way to resolve an in-game player to a Sonoran CAD account.

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[Map Players to CAD Users](/cad/api-integration/getting-started/setting-your-api-id.md)
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### Start Building

Use the official SDK libraries for package-managed helpers, or work directly with the v2 API documentation.

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[Libraries](/cad/api-integration/api-endpoints-v2/libraries.md)
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[v2 API Endpoints](/cad/api-integration/api-endpoints-v2.md)
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