# Create your SendinBlue connection

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**Oauth connection**: The first step is to install GearPlug in your account so that GearPlug may access the data.
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To create your SendinBlue plug, you just need your account’s API Key.

### Set up access

1. **Head over to “My Apps”** in the top-right corner of your GearPlug interface.

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2. **Select SendinBlue** in the drop-down menu under “New connection” and click “Create.”

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3. **Click on “SMTP & API”** under your SendinBlue username (in the SendinBlue dashboard).

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4. **Click “Generate new API Key”** under “API Keys” and assign a name to your API. Make sure you copy your API Key in the following window before finishing your connection.

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5. **Paste your API Key** on the corresponding Field in GearPlug. Click “Continue” to finish setting up your Plug.

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