# Source: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/quickstart.md

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Start searching with Tavily in under 5 minutes.

## Get your free Tavily API key

Head to the [Tavily Platform](https://app.tavily.com) and sign in (or create an account). Then, copy one of your API keys from your dashboard.

<Card icon="key" href="https://app.tavily.com" title="Get your free API key" horizontal>
  You get 1,000 free API Credits every month. **No credit card required.**
</Card>

## Install Tavily

Install the Tavily SDK in your language of choice.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash Python theme={null}
  pip install tavily-python
  ```

  ```bash JavaScript theme={null}
  npm i @tavily/core
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Start searching with Tavily

Run your first Tavily Search in 4 lines of code. Simply replace the API key in this snippet with your own.

<CodeGroup>
  ```python Python theme={null}
  from tavily import TavilyClient

  tavily_client = TavilyClient(api_key="tvly-YOUR_API_KEY")
  response = tavily_client.search("Who is Leo Messi?")

  print(response)
  ```

  ```js JavaScript theme={null}
  const { tavily } = require("@tavily/core");

  const tvly = tavily({ apiKey: "tvly-YOUR_API_KEY" });
  const response = await tvly.search("Who is Leo Messi?");

  console.log(response);
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.tavily.com/search \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer tvly-YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -d '{"query": "Who is Leo Messi?"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Next steps

That's all it takes to start using Tavily's basic features!

If you want to learn how to implement more complex workflows in Python, check out our intermediate-level [Getting Started notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1dWGtS3u4ocCLebuaa8Ivz7BkZ_40IgH1).

Or, dive deep into our API and read about the different parameters on our [API Reference](/documentation/api-reference/introduction) page, and learn how to integrate natively with one of our [SDKs](/sdk).