Fireflies.ai Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Fireflies.ai GraphQL API authentication. Fireflies uses a single GraphQL endpoint at https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql with Bearer token auth. No SDK needed -- all interaction is via HTTP POST with GraphQL queries.

Examples

Store a scoped staging key in the approved secret manager and run a read-only query against a fictitious test workspace. Record only the authentication method, scope, and redacted outcome; then revoke the test credential to confirm access does not persist unexpectedly.

Prerequisites

• Fireflies.ai account (Pro or higher for API access)
• API key from app.fireflies.ai > Integrations > Fireflies API
• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• A GraphQL client library (optional but recommended)

Instructions

Step 1: Get Your API Key

1. Log in at app.fireflies.ai
2. Navigate to Integrations > Fireflies API
3. Copy your API key (starts with a long alphanumeric string)
4. Store it securely -- this key grants access to all your meeting data

Step 2: Configure Environment

set -euo pipefail
# Create .env file (NEVER commit to git)
echo 'FIREFLIES_API_KEY=your-api-key-here' >> .env

# Add to .gitignore
echo '.env' >> .gitignore
echo '.env.local' >> .gitignore

Step 3: Install GraphQL Client (Optional)

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js -- graphql-request is lightweight and typed
npm install graphql-request graphql

# Or use plain fetch -- no library needed
# Python -- use requests
pip install requests

Step 4: Verify Connection

// verify-fireflies.ts
const FIREFLIES_API = "https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql";

async function verifyConnection() {
  const query = `{ user { name email is_admin } }`;

  const response = await fetch(FIREFLIES_API, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FIREFLIES_API_KEY}`,
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ query }),
  });

  const result = await response.json();

  if (result.errors) {
    throw new Error(`Auth failed: ${result.errors[0].message}`);
  }

  const user = result.data.user;
  console.log(`Connected as: ${user.name} (${user.email})`);
  console.log(`Admin: ${user.is_admin}`);
  return user;
}

verifyConnection().catch(console.error);

Step 5: Verify with cURL

set -euo pipefail
curl -s -X POST https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIREFLIES_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "{ user { name email } }"}' | jq .

Python Verification

import os, requests

FIREFLIES_API = "https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql"

def verify_connection():
    headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['FIREFLIES_API_KEY']}",
    }
    query = '{ user { name email is_admin } }'
    resp = requests.post(FIREFLIES_API, json={"query": query}, headers=headers)
    data = resp.json()

    if "errors" in data:
        raise Exception(f"Auth failed: {data['errors'][0]['message']}")

    user = data["data"]["user"]
    print(f"Connected as: {user['name']} ({user['email']})")
    return user

verify_connection()

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Error Handling

Output

• Environment variable configured with API key
• GraphQL client verified against https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql
• User identity confirmed via user query

Resources

• Fireflies API Documentation
• Fireflies Quickstart
• Fireflies API Key (Integrations > Fireflies API)

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to fireflies-hello-world for your first transcript query.