Title: API settings
Author: bethurban
Published: May 24, 2024
Last modified: July 10, 2026

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 1. [Site settings menu](https://docs.parse.ly/site-settings/)
 2. API settings

#  API settings

[Admins](https://docs.parse.ly/account-management/users/roles-permissions/) can 
access the API settings page of the [account menu](https://docs.parse.ly/account-management/)
from the [top bar](https://docs.parse.ly/dashboard/navigating/top-bar/) of the [Parse.ly Dashboard](https://docs.parse.ly/dashboard/).
This page is visible only for admins in the account menu when viewing a [single site](https://docs.parse.ly/dashboard/navigating/sites-network/).

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The API settings page is available to admins from the site settings menu

This page provides key information necessary for integration and use of the [Parse.ly API](https://docs.parse.ly/api/).

**Note**

The Parse.ly API is an add-on feature — contact your Relationship Manager to learn
more.

## API key and secrets

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The API key and API secret are located on the API settings page.

The API key on the API settings page matches your [Site ID](https://docs.parse.ly/site-id/),
the value of which was generated during the site’s [initial integration](https://docs.parse.ly/parsely-integration/)
with the Dashboard.

**Note**

The Conversions API secret is used with [Content Conversions](https://www.parse.ly/content-conversions/),
an add-on feature in addition to the [Parse.ly API](https://docs.parse.ly/api/).

The API secret and Conversions API secret are only available on the API Settings
page once these features have been purchased. Talk to your Relationship Manager 
to learn more.

## Rotate secrets

Be sure to safeguard all secrets identified on this page (API secret, Conversions
API secret, and ping_crawl secret). If any of the secrets become compromised, use
the corresponding button to rotate the secret.

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After clicking one of the rotate buttons, a pending secret will appear. This pending
secret automatically expires in 90 days. During this 90-day period, update the existing
secret on any integrations, scripts, or applications to the pending value. Both 
the current and the pending secrets will authorize API access.

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When you’re ready to switch over to the pending secret, click the Promote button.
A modal appears with a dropdown menu containing the following options: As soon as
possible (up to ~30 min), 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days. This grace period permits
use of the old secret for the specified time.

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After selecting the desired grace period, click the promote button. The “Pending”
secret becomes the “Current” secret. And, what was “Current” becomes “Previous.”
Once your team updates all dependencies to the new secret, click the discard button.

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A modal appears to confirm that you’re ready to discard the previous secret prior
to the expiration of the grace period. Click the discard button to continue.

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After clicking the discard button, the previous secret no longer works and disappears
from the API settings page.

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## Recrawl single URLs

[⌊Recrawl a single URL in the Dashboard from the API Settings page.⌉⌊Recrawl a single
URL in the Dashboard from the API Settings page.⌉[

Recrawl a single URL in the Dashboard from the API Settings page.

You can choose to manually trigger a [recrawl](https://docs.parse.ly/whats-a-recrawl/)
of a single URL from the Dashboard using the API Settings page. Enter the URL, then
click “Recrawl URL” to update its [metadata](https://docs.parse.ly/metadata/) in
the Dashboard.

[⌊The recrawl API endpoint is available on the API Settings page.⌉⌊The recrawl API
endpoint is available on the API Settings page.⌉[

The recrawl API endpoint is available on the API Settings page.

The recrawl API endpoint does not require purchase of the Parse.ly API. This endpoint
is an option for automatically updating metadata via your CMS, if it supports webhooks.

Last updated: July 10, 2026