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# App Store In-app Purchase API key

1. Open **App Store Connect**. Proceed to [**Users and Access** → **Integrations** → **In-App Purchase**](https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/integrations/api/subs) section. *If you don't see In-app purchase section then ask your App Store admin to help you.* 
2. Then click the **Plus (+)** button next to the **Active** title. The **Generate *****App Store Connect** API*  **Key** window will open.
3. Enter the name of the key for your future reference (this name is not used in SurgeGrowth).
4. Set Access level to **App Manager**\ <br>

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5. Click the **Generate** button. Once the **Generated,** window closes, you'll see the created key in the **Active** list.<br>
6. After generating your API key, click the **Download App Store Connect API Key** button to get the key as a file.\
   \&#xNAN;*Keep this file safe to later upload it to SurgeGrowth. Please keep in mind that the generated file can be downloaded only once, so store it safely until you upload it to SurgeGrowth.*&#x20;
7. Copy the values of **Issuer ID** and **Key ID** fields from this screen as well. Later you will use them in SurgeGrowth.

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