Quickstart Guide

This guide walks you through setting up your 1st Services account, obtaining your API credentials, and making your first request to deploy a service.

1. Create an Account

1. Navigate to the 1st Services Console.
2. Sign up using your email or GitHub account.
3. Verify your email address to access your developer dashboard.

2. Generate an API Key

To interact with the 1st Services API, you need a personal access token:

1. In the console, go to Settings → API Keys.
2. Click Create New Key.
3. Choose the appropriate scopes (e.g., vps:read, vps:write, database:*, tempmail:*, shortener:*).
4. Copy and store your key in a safe password manager or environment variable:

export FIRST_API_KEY="fst_live_9a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c0d"

3. Make Your First API Request

Test your authentication by verifying your account details:

curl -X GET https://api.1st-services.com/v1/account \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRST_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Example Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "account_id": "acc_88492041",
    "name": "Alex Developer",
    "email": "alex@example.com",
    "tier": "pro",
    "credits_balance": 150.00,
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

4. Deploy Your First Resource

Explore our step-by-step guides to deploy what you need: