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Quick Start Guide

Get up and running with DocuLume in 5 minutes

1

Create Account

Sign up for DocuLume in 30 seconds

# Visit https://app.doculume.com/register
# Or use the API:
curl -X POST https://api.doculume.com/api/v1/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -c cookies.txt \
  -d '{
    "email": "you@company.com",
    "password": "secure_password",
    "full_name": "Your Name"
  }'

# Authentication cookie automatically set (httpOnly, secure)
2

Configure API Keys

Add your LLM provider API key

# Option 1: OpenAI
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here

# Option 2: Anthropic Claude
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your-key-here

# Option 3: Local LLM (Ollama)
ollama pull llama2
export USE_LOCAL_LLM=true
3

Upload Documents

Add your first document

curl -X POST https://api.doculume.com/api/v1/documents/upload \
  -b cookies.txt \
  -F "file=@document.pdf"

# Cookie automatically sent - no Authorization header needed!
4

Ask Questions

Start chatting with your documents

curl -X POST https://api.doculume.com/api/v1/chat/ask \
  -b cookies.txt \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "question": "What is this document about?",
    "use_rag": true
  }'

# Authenticated via httpOnly cookie