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# Credentials and Cookies

This page covers the three things you need before making real requests: Tonapi key, wallet seed, and Fragment cookies.

## Tonapi key

Generate an API key at <https://tonconsole.com>.

## Seed phrase

Use your GRAM (ex TON) wallet mnemonic.

* **Keep it private.**
* **Never log it or commit it to git.**

## Fragment cookies

You must be logged in to Fragment.

### Option 1: automatic extraction

```python
from pyfragment import get_cookies_from_browser

cookie_result = get_cookies_from_browser("chrome")
cookies = cookie_result.cookies
```

`cookie_result` is `CookieResult`:

* `cookies`: `dict[str, str]`
* `expires`: ISO string or `None`

### Option 2: manual export

Export the four required Fragment cookies and pass them directly as dict or JSON string.

Required keys:

* `stel_ssid`
* `stel_dt`
* `stel_token`
* `stel_ton_token`

## Common auth failures

* expired session cookies,
* not logged in on fragment.com,
* missing `stel_*` keys,
* stale cookies from another browser/profile.

When this happens, re-login on fragment.com and refresh cookies first. It solves most auth issues.

## Next step

Proceed to [Quick Start](/pyfragment/setup-guide/quickstart.md).


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