# Getting started

## Basic concepts

### Onboarding

Improvado provides credentials to access the embedded API for its customers. After credentials are created customer should change password and use this login and password combination as credentials for [Basic authentication](/auth#basic-authentication).

### Base URL

API endpoints should use this base URL: `https://embedded.improvado.io`

### API errors

Special HTTP status code will be returned in case of an error.

Response Content-Type will be `application/json`.

**Body structure**

```json
{
	"details": "error description"
}
```

Possible errors are described in the documentation for each API endpoint.