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# Developer Platform

The Developer Platform is where you run, monitor, and configure everything about your Meshy API integration — a Playground for trying endpoints without writing code, dashboards covering every API request on your account, and API key and webhook management.

> **Note:** **Free** accounts can try the Playground on the Image to 3D endpoint only, through a dedicated built-in key for testing — Free accounts can't create or manage their own API keys, and have no Usage dashboard or Request Logs. **Pro**, **Premium**, **Ultra**, **Studio**, and **Enterprise** plans get every Playground endpoint, full access to the Usage dashboard and Request Logs, and their own API keys.

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## Overview
[Open the Developer Platform](https://www.meshy.ai/developers) from the web app. Its sidebar is organized into:

- **Build** — the Playground, for trying endpoints interactively.
- **Monitor** — Usage dashboard and Request Logs.
- **Configure** — API Keys and Webhooks.

The Overview page itself walks new accounts through the three steps below (create a key, try a request in the Playground, inspect the result in Request Logs), then shows a 7-day usage snapshot of your own account's activity and the latest entries from the [Meshy API changelog](/api/changelog).

![The Developer Platform's Overview page, showing the three-step getting-started card, a 7-day usage snapshot, and the latest Meshy API changelog updates](/images/api/developer-platform/overview.webp)

New to the API? Start with the [Quickstart](/api/quick-start).

## Playground
The Playground is an interactive console for trying endpoints without writing any code. Pick an endpoint, fill in parameters with inline guidance, and submit — tasks run through the same asynchronous pipeline as the API, so you'll watch the task move from `PENDING` to `SUCCEEDED` and can inspect the full response and the resulting model.

![The Playground running an Image to 3D request, with the live model preview alongside Preview, Request, and Response tabs](/images/api/developer-platform/playground.webp)

While a task runs, the **Preview** tab streams live status updates — no need to poll.

![The Playground's Preview tab log, streaming live status updates while a task is in progress](/images/api/developer-platform/playground-in-progress.webp)

Switch to the **Request** tab for a ready-to-run snippet in cURL, Python, or JavaScript, or the **Response** tab to inspect the full JSON — this is where the Playground earns its keep over the webapp workspace: every request you build is one copy-paste away from running in your own code.

<ImageExample
  title="Request and Response tabs"
  caption="The same task, viewed two ways: the equivalent cURL request, and the raw JSON response."
>
  <ImageExampleCard
src="/images/api/developer-platform/playground-request.webp"
alt="The Playground's Request tab showing the equivalent cURL command for the current request"
label="Request"
aspectRatio="1684 / 400"
  />
  <ImageExampleCard
src="/images/api/developer-platform/playground-response.webp"
alt="The Playground's Response tab showing the raw JSON response"
label="Response"
aspectRatio="1684 / 400"
  />
</ImageExample>

## Usage dashboard
The Usage dashboard visualizes **all** of your account's API activity — every request, whether made directly through the API or from the Playground. It shows generation success rate, total requests, average processing time, and credits consumed, plus request volume over time and a breakdown of success rate and latency by endpoint.

![The Usage dashboard, showing generation success rate, request volume over time, and success rate and latency broken down by endpoint](/images/api/developer-platform/usage-dashboard.webp)

## Request logs
Request Logs lists **every** API task on your account — direct API calls and Playground requests alike — with status, timing, and the API key that made the request. Select a task to see its full input and output, request body, and credits used — useful for debugging a specific call without re-querying the API — or jump straight to it in the Playground. Use **Export CSV** to pull the whole list for reporting or reconciliation.

![Request Logs, with a selected task's status, input/output preview, and request body shown in the detail panel — the Export CSV and Open in Playground buttons are highlighted](/images/api/developer-platform/request-logs.webp)

## API management
- **[API Keys](https://www.meshy.ai/developers/keys)** — create, name, and revoke keys, set a monthly credit limit on each one, and see each key's usage.
- **[Webhooks](https://www.meshy.ai/developers/webhooks)** — get real-time updates when your API tasks change status, instead of polling. See the [Webhooks](/api/webhooks) guide for setup steps, delivery requirements, and sample payloads.

## Feedback
Every page in the Developer Platform has a **Feedback** button in the bottom-right corner — use it to report a bug, request a feature, or tell us what's confusing. We read every submission.

## Authentication & credits
Requests are authorized with an API key passed in the `Authorization: Bearer` header, exactly like a direct API call. The Playground runs against your own account, so every request **uses your plan credits and counts toward your rate limits**, just like any other API call. See the [Authentication](/api/authentication) guide for details on key formats and security.