Get started in three steps
Integrate Sentinel into your application and start tracking API analytics immediately.1
Create your Sentinel account
Sign up for a Sentinel account to get started.
2
Create your API key
Create your API key from the dashboard and set it to the
SENTINEL_API_KEY
environment variable.3
Install one of the SDKs
Install the Sentinel SDK for your framework, or check our API reference to manually send events if your framework isn’t covered.
Elysia
Elysia framework integration
Hono
Hono framework integration
Express
Express framework integration
Next.js
Next.js framework integration
JavaScript
Vanilla JavaScript integration
Verify it’s working
After adding the middleware, make a few requests to your API. You should see events appearing in your Sentinel dashboard within seconds.Events are automatically batched and sent to the ingestion API, so you may see
a slight delay before they appear in the dashboard.