# Configure Trello with an api key

### Video overview![](broken-reference)

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#### Steps to authorize Trello with a token&#x20;

1. In Smaply, **open the Trello configuration page**. From your Account settings (a) > Integrations (b) > Trello Setup (c)<br>

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2. In the "How to setup the Trello integration" box, click on the link to open the authorization page

3. Authorize the smaply connector app

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4. Copy the generated token and paste it into the field in the Smaply configuration

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5. Save the configuration and the connection success message should be shown&#x20;

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