
Every Stedi user can create multiple accounts. Any user with access to an account is a member of that account. There is no limit to the number of accounts which can be created or accessed, and no limit to the number of members that can be a member of an account. Creating accounts and associating members is free.

## Accounts

Accounts are the primary way of grouping Stedi activity and resources. Any billable activity within that account will be charged in a single invoice. Your first account will be created during sign up, unless you are invited to an existing account. Additional accounts can be created from within the dashboard.

Accounts cannot be linked – all settings, billing preferences, and membership are handled separately.

At this time, you cannot delete an account via the dashboard or the API. If you need to delete an account, first delete all data and resources in the account then [contact support](https://www.stedi.com/contact).

#### Account IDs

Every account has a unique ID which can be found in the [Account profile](https://www.stedi.com/app/settings/account-details).

## Members

Accounts can have unlimited members. Every member of an account has full access to all data and products via the dashboard, can provision API keys, manage other members, and incur associated usage charges.

#### Inviting members

Members are added in [identity and access settings](https://www.stedi.com/app/settings/members). They will receive an email with your invitation. Invitations do not expire, but can be revoked by any member of the account, at any time before acceptance.

#### Managing members

Any member can remove other members from an account. Those users will still retain their Stedi user credentials and access to other accounts they may be a member of.


How to create accounts, invite members and manage access.


Accounts and members

Requests to Stedi APIs are authenticated using a secret token called an *API key*. Each API key belongs to a single account and each account can have multiple API keys.

## Creating an API key

To create a new API key, go to the navigation menu at the top of the page, click on *More* and choose [*API Keys*](https://terminal.stedi.com/apikeys). Then, click on the *Generate API key* button on the top right.

You must provide a name for your API key. It can be anything you want, but typically you use it to describe the application that will use the key to call Stedi endpoints, like *ERP*, or *Warehouse Management*.

Your API key will be displayed in the Stedi dashbord. This is the only time you're presented with the full API key, so be sure to copy the key and store it in a secure location.

> **Remember**: Your API key should be kept secret. Never share it or commit it to source control.

## Making authenticated API calls

When making an HTTP request to a Stedi API, pass your API key in the Authorization header, prefixed by the word `Key`. For example, the following HTTP request retrieves a list of all mappings.

```http
GET https://mappings.stedi.com/2021-06-01/mappings HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Key replace.withYourOwnApiKey
Content-Type: application/json
```

The next example is a bit more involved. We use Javascript and the Axios library to call EDI Core, which will translate EDI to JSON.

```javascript
import axios from "axios";

const edi = `ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*SENDERISA      *14*0073268795005  *020226*1534*U*00401*000000001*0*T*>~
GS*PO*SENDERGS*007326879*20020226*1534*1*X*004010~
ST*850*000000001~
BEG*00*SA*A99999-01**19970214~
REF*VR*54321~
ITD*01*3*1**15**16~
DTM*002*19971219~
N1*BT*BUYSNACKS INC.*9*1223334444~
N3*P.O. BOX 0000~
N4*TEMPLE*TX*76503~
PO1**16*CA*12.34**CB*000111111*UA*002840022222~
PID*F****CRUNCHY CHIPS LSS~
PO4*48*7.89*LB~
CTT*7~
SE*35*000000001~
GE*1*1~
IEA*1*000000001~
`;

axios
  .request({
    url: "https://edi-core.stedi.com/2021-06-05/translate",
    method: "POST",
    data: { input: edi, input_format: "edi", output_format: "jedi@2.0" },
    headers: { Authorization: `Key ${process.env.API_KEY}` },
  })
  .then((response) => {
    const jedi = response.data.output;
    console.log(JSON.stringify(jedi));
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });
```

Authentication still happens the same way: by passing the API key in the Authorization header. However, the code doesn't include the API key directly. The API key needs to be kept secret, so you shouldn't commit it to source control. The example above reads it from an environment variable called `API_KEY`.

## Recommended security practices

API keys allow you to access and modify data in your Stedi account, so it's important that untrusted parties are not able to access them.

*   Don't share API keys. Use a different API key for each application that you build on Stedi and give each developer their own API key for testing.
*   Don't commit API keys to source control. Instead, use environment variables, or use the configuration facility provided by the framework you use.
*   Delete any API keys that are no longer used or that may have been exposed to an untrusted party.

## Service Limits

Each account may have up to 50 API keys at one time.


How to create an API key and make authenticated API calls.


Authentication


Stedi has four pricing tenets:

- Developers should only pay for what they use – no setup fees, implementation fees, monthly minimums, commitments, or long-term contracts;
- Products should be priced such that developers think of ways to use more of the product, not less of the product;
- Prices should never go up – only down;
- Generous free tiers should allow for liberal experimentation.

Since all products are usage-based, usage calculations vary by product - it may be API requests, compute time, network traffic, or storage volume.

Pricing details for each product are publicly available below:

- [EDI Translate pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/edi-translate/pricing)
- [Mappings pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/mappings/pricing)
- [SFTP pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/sftp/pricing)
- [Buckets pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/buckets/pricing)
- [Functions pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/functions/pricing)
- [Stash pricing](https://www.stedi.com/docs/stash/pricing)

Public Preview and Developer Preview products are free to use within reasonable use limits.

## Billing and payment

Each account will be invoiced monthly for usage of released products. Usage charges will be billed to the provided credit card. To add or edit your payment details, you can navigate to the billing tab at terminal.stedi.com.

Within the current billing cycle, you can navigate to [Billing tab](https://www.stedi.com/terminal/billing) in your account to see your month-to-date usage and accrued spend for each product.


Competitive pay-per-use pricing that scales with your business. No minimum fees, monthly commitments, or upfront costs.


Pricing and billing


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Every Stedi user can create multiple accounts. Any user with access to an account is a member of that account. There is no limit to the number of accounts which can be created or accessed, and no limit to the number of members that can be a member of an account. Creating accounts and associating members is free.
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## Accounts

Accounts are the primary way of grouping Stedi activity and resources. Any billable activity within that account will be charged in a single invoice. Your first account will be created during sign up, unless you are invited to an existing account. Additional accounts can be created from within the dashboard.

Accounts cannot be linked – all settings, billing preferences, and membership are handled separately.

At this time, you cannot delete an account via the dashboard or the API. If you need to delete an account, first delete all data and resources in the account then [contact support](https://www.stedi.com/contact).

#### Account IDs

Every account has a unique ID which can be found in the [Account profile](https://www.stedi.com/app/settings/account-details).

## Members

Accounts can have unlimited members. Every member of an account has full access to all data and products via the dashboard, can provision API keys, manage other members, and incur associated usage charges.

#### Inviting members

Members are added in [identity and access settings](https://www.stedi.com/app/settings/members). They will receive an email with your invitation. Invitations do not expire, but can be revoked by any member of the account, at any time before acceptance.

#### Managing members

Any member can remove other members from an account. Those users will still retain their Stedi user credentials and access to other accounts they may be a member of.


## Billing and payment

Each account will be invoiced monthly for usage of released products. Usage charges will be billed to the provided credit card. To add or edit your payment details, you can navigate to the billing tab at terminal.stedi.com.

Within the current billing cycle, you can navigate to [Billing screen](https://www.stedi.com/app/billing/) in your account to see your month-to-date usage and accrued spend for each product.

## Pricing

All products are usage-based. Usage calculations vary by product – it may be API requests, compute time, network traffic, or storage volume.

[Full pricing details for each product](https://www.stedi.com/pricing)

How to manage Stedi accounts, members, billing, and payments.


Accounts and billing

Account IDs

Members

Inviting members

Managing members

Billing and payment

Pricing