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# Getting Started

This section contains information that will get you started using the Response API quickly and correctly.

## Response API

The REST Response API offers a web interface that follows the **Hypertext Transfer Protocol** (HTTP). It exposes three distinct resources:

* [Authors](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/author)
* [Reviews](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/review)
* [Client Response](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/client-response-overview)

The [Client Response](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/client-response-overview) allows you to manage responses to reviews. Both [Authors](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/author) and [Reviews](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/review) support the [JSON API specification](https://jsonapi.org).

## Required Credentials

Refer to the [Getting access](#getting-access) section for acquiring these credentials from Bazaarvoice.

| Credential            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Response API passkeys | These values, one for staging and one for production, will be used in every request to the Response API.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| OAuth2 API passkeys   | These values, one for staging and one for production, will be used in every request to the OAuth2 API. They will be identical to the Response API passkeys. Refer to [OAuth2 Integration](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/reference/retrieve-oauth2-token-3-legged) for more information. |
| Client ID             | This value will be used in every request to the OAuth2 API. Refer to [OAuth2 Integration](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/reference/retrieve-oauth2-token-3-legged) for more information.                                                                                                 |
| Client secret         | This value will be used in every request to the OAuth2 API. Refer to [OAuth2 Integration](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/reference/retrieve-oauth2-token-3-legged) for more information.                                                                                                 |

## Getting Access

To obtain the API keys, complete the steps in the [API Key Process](/v1.0-ResponseAPI/docs/api-key-process) topic.