# Connecting to my API

**URL:** <https://forum.builder.io/t/connecting-to-my-api/2585>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/connecting-to-my-api/2585 "2022-09-08T23:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![richardchou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@richardchou](https://forum.builder.io/u/richardchou)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/connecting-to-my-api/2585/1 "2022-09-08T23:48:38Z")

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I created some components in the editor and have connected them to my APIs, based on this post: [Connecting your API data to builder - Builder.io](https://www.builder.io/c/docs/guides/connecting-api-data)

I want to only allow BuilderIO to call my APIs. How do I verify that the requests are coming from BuilderIO?

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**Author:** ![manish-sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@manish-sharma](https://forum.builder.io/u/manish-sharma)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/connecting-to-my-api/2585/2 "2022-09-09T11:14:59Z")

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Hi @richardchou,

Welcome to the [builder.io](http://builder.io) forum.

In builder, you can create a private key and then you can use our [content API](https://www.builder.io/c/docs/query-api) to request private content using your private key, e.g.

```auto
let apiUrl = 'https://cdn.builder.io/api/v2/content'
let modelName = 'private-page'
let content = await request(`${apiUrl}/${modelName}?apiKey=${yourPublicKey}&limit=1&userAttributes.urlPath=/some-page`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${yourPrivateKey}` },
})

```

You can read more about them at [Create Private Pages that are accessible only after authorization - #2 by steve](https://forum.builder.io/t/create-private-pages-that-are-accessible-only-after-authorization/58/2)

Let us know if you have any further questions. Thank you!