What is an API key?
Alveo permits access to its Collections directly by programs
which use Alveo's HTTP web API.
However, programs must also have authority to use an Alveo account in order to
access Alveo data. They must present an API Key to Alveo to demonstrate this
authority. This key is a sequence of apparently meaningless characters which
acts like a combined User Name and Password for an Alveo account.
For details of how to access your key, see: http://alveo.edu.au/help/getting-access-to-alveo-and-galaxy/whats-an-api-key/