apollo-install-auth

name	apollo-install-auth
description	Install and configure Apollo.io API authentication. Use when setting up a new Apollo integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Apollo client in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install apollo", "setup apollo api", "apollo authentication", "configure apollo api key".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Grep
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
compatible-with	claude-code, codex, openclaw
tags	["saas","apollo","api","authentication"]

Apollo Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Apollo.io API client and configure authentication credentials. Apollo uses the x-api-key HTTP header for authentication against the base URL https://api.apollo.io/api/v1/. There is no official SDK — all integrations use the REST API directly.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• Apollo.io account with API access (Basic plan or above)
• API key from Apollo dashboard (Settings > Integrations > API Keys)

Instructions

Step 1: Install HTTP Client

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js
npm install axios dotenv

# Python
pip install requests python-dotenv

Step 2: Configure API Key

Apollo supports two API key types:

• Master API key — full access to all endpoints (required for contacts, sequences, deals)
• Standard API key — limited to search and enrichment only

# Create .env file (never commit this)
echo 'APOLLO_API_KEY=your-api-key-here' >> .env
echo '.env' >> .gitignore

Step 3: Create Apollo Client (TypeScript)

// src/apollo/client.ts
import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
import dotenv from 'dotenv';

dotenv.config();

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.apollo.io/api/v1';

export function createApolloClient(apiKey?: string): AxiosInstance {
   key = apiKey ?? process..;
   (!key)   ();

   axios.({
    : ,
    : {
      : ,
      : ,
      : key,
    },
    : ,
  });
}

  apolloClient = ();