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date: 2023-10-04
title: "Zero config API authentication with Vercel"
description: "Integrate Unkey into Vercel to give you a environment variable free experience."
author: james
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At Unkey, our commitment isn't merely about providing API authentication. We are pushing the envelope and strive to make things as simple as possible for the developer community. That's why today, I'm incredibly excited to introduce our brand-new **Vercel Integration**.

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## What does our Vercel integration do?

The integration connects to your existing Unkey workspace and sets the necessary environment variables in your Vercel project. We allow you to set an Unkey API for each Vercel environment (development, preview, production) and automatically set the correct variables for you. The Unkey root key will be passed as a sensitive environment variable, which will not be visible in the Vercel dashboard.

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## How do I get started?

To get started check out our [documentation](https://unkey.dev/docs/integrations/vercel) that gives you a step by step guide to integrate or the video posted above.
