> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.firstbase.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started.md).

# GETTING STARTED

- [Generating your API Key](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/generating-your-api-key.md): Everything about generating an API key and keeping it secure.
- [Authentication](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/authentication.md): Lets talk about how to authenticate requests the API and handling any errors
- [Making requests](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/making-requests.md): Connecting to the Firstbase API and making your first request
- [Pagination](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/pagination.md): How to paginate through the records.
- [Rate Limiting](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/rate-limiting.md): Handling rate limits
- [Deprecations - WIP](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/deprecations-wip.md)
- [Filtering - WIP](https://developers.firstbase.com/getting-started/filtering-wip.md)