# How to run Data Explorer queries with Python

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** rest-api\
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You will need to put the api credentials in with the headers.

```plaintext
headers = {'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data', 'Api-Key': API_KEY, 'Api-Username': API_USERNAME}

```

And for the actual request you might need to specify it like this:

```plaintext
requests.post(endpoint, headers=headers)

```

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