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# Authentication

To ensure secure and authorized communication with the API, include the following header in all API requests:

```
{
    Authorization: "SECRET {{SECRET_KEY}}",
    type: "text",
    enabled: true
}
```

* **Authorization:** This field is mandatory for authentication purposes. It leverages a secret key to validate your request's authenticity. Please replace `{{SECRET_KEY}}` with your actual API key.
* **type:** This field specifies the data format of the request payload. In this case, it's set to "text", indicating text-based data.
* **enabled:** This field, set to "true", activates the request, signifying its readiness for processing by the API.