Get started with the API

From your first request to your first key, in a few minutes.

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Before you start

You need an account with Interweb, with an active service or domain. The API answers at:

https://api.interweb.ao/v1

It speaks JSON over HTTPS, and field names are in English.

Check that the API responds

This operation does not need a key, so it is the best first test:

curl

curl "https://api.interweb.ao/v1/ping" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en"

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.interweb.ao/v1/ping');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Accept-Language: en',
    ],
]);
$body = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

echo $status, PHP_EOL, $body, PHP_EOL;

Python

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Accept-Language": "en",
}
r = requests.get("https://api.interweb.ao/v1/ping", headers=headers, timeout=30)
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.interweb.ao/v1/ping", {
  headers: {
    "Accept-Language": "en",
  },
});
console.log(response.status);
console.log(await response.text());

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "v1",
    "time": "2026-11-04T21:30:00+02:00"
  },
  "meta": {}
}

The Python example uses the requests library, and the JavaScript one runs on Node.js 18 or later.

Create a key

  1. Sign in to Meu Interweb and open the API page.
  2. Name the key and choose its type. To begin, choose Sandbox mode (sandbox_).
  3. Choose the permissions and the validity.
  4. Confirm with your password and the 6-digit code you receive by email.
  5. Copy the key. It is shown only this once.

The details are in Authentication and keys.

Save the key

Keep the key in an environment variable, outside your code:

export RLX_API_KEY="sandbox_..."

The examples in this documentation read the key from RLX_API_KEY.

Make your first request with a key

This operation shows the permissions, validity and limits of the key that made the request:

curl

curl "https://api.interweb.ao/v1/token" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RLX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en"

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.interweb.ao/v1/token');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('RLX_API_KEY'),
        'Accept-Language: en',
    ],
]);
$body = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

echo $status, PHP_EOL, $body, PHP_EOL;

Python

import os
import requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["RLX_API_KEY"],
    "Accept-Language": "en",
}
r = requests.get("https://api.interweb.ao/v1/token", headers=headers, timeout=30)
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.interweb.ao/v1/token", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RLX_API_KEY}`,
    "Accept-Language": "en",
  },
});
console.log(response.status);
console.log(await response.text());

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "id": 12,
    "name": "Example key",
    "type": "sandbox",
    "mode": "sandbox",
    "writes_simulated": true,
    "suffix": "AbCd",
    "permissions": [
      "dns:read"
    ],
    "allowed_ips": [
      "198.51.100.0/24"
    ],
    "expires_at": "2027-02-02T10:00:00+02:00",
    "created_at": "2026-11-04T10:00:00+02:00",
    "last_used_at": "2026-11-04T21:30:00+02:00",
    "rate_limit": {
      "limit": 90,
      "remaining": 89,
      "reset": 1793820660,
      "window_seconds": 60
    },
    "spending": {
      "limit": 0,
      "spent": 0,
      "currency": "AOA",
      "window_days": 30
    }
  },
  "meta": {}
}

Response format

A successful response always has data and meta, except GET /v1/openapi.json, which returns the document without this envelope:

{
  "data": {},
  "meta": {}
}

An error response has error, with a stable code. See Errors.

Every response has the X-Correlation-ID header. Include it when you report a problem to support.

Message language

Send Accept-Language: pt or Accept-Language: en to choose the language of error messages. Without this header, messages are in English. The code field never changes with the language.

Long-running operations

Operations that take time answer 202 with an action_id. Instead of repeating the request, follow the result with GET /v1/actions/{id}. The states are queued, running, done and failed.

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