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Prerequisites

Step 1: Get Your API Key

API keys are used to authenticate all requests to the Thunder API. You’ll need to create one from the Thunder dashboard or via the API.

Step 2: Ingest Your First Conversation

Send conversation messages to Thunder using the Ingest API:
The response includes the instanceId and sessionId that were created (or used if you provided them). Store these IDs on your end - you’ll need them for future ingestion requests to the same session and for querying metrics.

Step 3: Add More Messages to the Session

To continue an existing conversation, include the sessionId from the previous response:

Step 4: Query Your Metrics

Once Thunder has processed your conversations, you can query metrics:

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