> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryhuntr.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sign up — send verification email

> **No auth required.**

Sends a verification link to the email address. Clicking the link creates an API key with $5 free credits (185 standard requests). Each email can only have one active key.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /keys/create
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Huntr — The GTM Intelligence API
  description: >-
    Give AI agents company, people, contact, and web intelligence through one
    API. Search accounts, build targeted lists, enrich leads, find contacts, and
    uncover buying signals.


    **Authentication:** Authenticated endpoints require an `x-api-key` header
    with your Huntr API key. Get a key by signing up via `POST /keys/create`.
    Public endpoints (pricing, sign-up, health) work without a key.


    **Rate limit:** 5 requests/second per API key on authenticated endpoints.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.tryhuntr.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Research
    description: >-
      Research one company, person, team, or focused business question and
      return a sales-ready answer. Lite, standard, and deep tiers.
  - name: Companies
    description: >-
      Search companies and enrich firmographics. Per-result pricing on search;
      count endpoints are free.
  - name: People
    description: >-
      Search people and enrich contacts — work email, phone, and related lookup
      endpoints.
  - name: LinkedIn
    description: >-
      LinkedIn URL discovery, company and profile pages, posts, reactions, and
      comments.
  - name: X
    description: X profiles, posts, search results, and thread context.
  - name: Web
    description: >-
      Find and analyze pages on a domain, plus tech stack, domain contacts, and
      job postings.
  - name: Account
    description: >-
      Sign up, verify email, recover keys, check balance, view usage, add
      credits, and read the public pricing matrix.
  - name: System
    description: Health check.
paths:
  /keys/create:
    post:
      tags:
        - Account
      summary: Sign up — send verification email
      description: >-
        **No auth required.**


        Sends a verification link to the email address. Clicking the link
        creates an API key with $5 free credits (185 standard requests). Each
        email can only have one active key.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - email
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
                  description: Your email address. Used for billing and key recovery.
            example:
              email: you@company.com
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification email sent.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - verification_sent
                  email:
                    type: string
              example:
                status: verification_sent
                email: you@company.com
        '400':
          description: Invalid or missing email.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: >-
            An API key already exists for this email. Use POST /keys/forgot to
            recover it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      required:
        - error

````