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name: ideogram-install-auth description: | Install and configure Ideogram SDK/CLI authentication. Use when setting up a new Ideogram integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Ideogram in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install ideogram", "setup ideogram", "ideogram auth", "configure ideogram API key". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:), Bash(pip:), Grep version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Ideogram Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Ideogram SDK/CLI and configure authentication credentials.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• Ideogram account with API access
• API key from Ideogram dashboard

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

Copy# Node.js
npm install @ideogram/sdk

# Python
pip install ideogram

Step 2: Configure Authentication

Copy# Set environment variable
export IDEOGRAM_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Or create .env file
echo 'IDEOGRAM_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env

Step 3: Verify Connection

Copy// Test connection code here

Output

• Installed SDK package in node_modules or site-packages
• Environment variable or .env file with API key
• Successful connection verification output

Error Handling

Examples

TypeScript Setup

Copyimport { IdeogramClient } from '@ideogram/sdk';

const client = new IdeogramClient({
  apiKey: process.env.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY,
});

Python Setup

Copyfrom ideogram import IdeogramClient

client = IdeogramClient(
    api_key=os.environ.get('IDEOGRAM_API_KEY')
)

Resources

• Ideogram Documentation
• Ideogram Dashboard
• Ideogram Status

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to ideogram-hello-world for your first API call.