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Connecting to Tavily

Using API Key Authentication

To authenticate with Tavily, you need to obtain an API key from your Tavily account dashboard. Tavily provides AI-powered web search capabilities with real-time, accurate, and factual results.

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to APIKey.
  • APIKey: Set this to your Tavily API key obtained from your account dashboard.

Example connection string:

Profile=C:\profiles\Tavily.apip;AuthScheme=APIKey;ProfileSettings='ApiKey=your_project_api_key';

Connection Properties

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


Property Description
APIKey The API Key for your Tavily account.
AuthScheme The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are APIKey or None.
Allowed values are: BASIC, NONE, NTLM, OAUTH, APIKEY, OAUTH_CLIENT

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