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path: '/docs/channels/api/configure'
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title: 'How to create an API channel inbox?'
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Setting up an API channel consists of the following steps.
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1. Create API Channel inbox
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2. Send messages using Chatwoot APIs
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3. Receive webhooks on new messages from Chatwoot
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This document allows you to create and configure an API channel inbox in Chatwoot installations.
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**Step 1**: Go to Settings > Inboxes and click on "Add Inbox".
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**Step 2**: Select **API** from the list of channels.
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**Step 3**: Provide an name for the channel and a callback URL (the events and corresponding payload is defined in the subsequent articles)
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**Step 4**: Add agents to the inbox.
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**Step 5**: Hooray!! The inbox setup is complete.
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Now the channel setup is complete, let us try to send a message using Chatwoot APIs. Read more about it [here](/docs/channels/api/send-messages)
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