# Initialize

As a starting point, we need to obtain an JWT Authentication Bearer Token to authenticate further **account requests** to the Biometrid API. To do so, we need to make a POST request to the **Account** **init** method.&#x20;

| Field  | Type   | Description             |
| ------ | ------ | ----------------------- |
| key    | String | Account key             |
| secret | String | Account secret          |
| flowId | String | Flow id of the use case |

At the end of this **initialize** process it will be returned a JSON Web Token (JWT) that will identify who's making the request. If an error occurs, it's necessary to repeat this process until a successful response of the service.

{% content-ref url="accounts/init" %}
[init](https://biometrid.gitbook.io/biometrid-api/api-account/accounts/init)
{% endcontent-ref %}
