How to test the Fireflies API

Last updated: April 20, 2026

In this guide let us see the steps to test the Fireflies API. 

How to test the Fireflies API

  1. Log into the app

  2. Navigate to the API page

  3. Copy your API key with the authorization header

  4. Open up the GraphQL endpoint & query builder: https://api.fireflies.ai/graphql

  5. Click on HTTP Headers on the bottom and paste in your authorization header. 

    { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-GOES-HERE"}

  6. Enter a query in the left section like the following example 

    {  
  user {    
    email    
    recent_transcript
  }
}

  7. Hit the play button. You will see Fireflies API data on the right side

Here's a sample if you'd like to test it in Python
https://repl.it/@SamUdotong/fireflies-graphql-python (also available on Github)

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