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title: "Getting Started"
image: "https://docs.virdx.dev/img/virdx-social-card.png"
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# Getting Started

The VirDx Dashboard provides a user interface to explore available data, make sure to look through it [at dashboard.fra.virdx.dev/](https://dashboard.fra.virdx.dev/datasources/).

All data can be accessed in your Python codebases using the vxData SDK:

```bash
pixi add vxdata-sdk
```

installs the Python client.

All interactions here run through the client object:

```python
from vxdata.sdk import Client

client = Client()
```

This should now log a successful connection and show where credentials were loaded from.

:::tip

Connection configuration and credentials are attempted to be loaded from the following sources in order:

1. Passed explicitly to `Client` (e.g. `Client(base_url="https://data.fra.virdx.dev/")`)
2. Passed as environment variables (`API_URL=...`)

By default, the client tries to connect to `https://data.fra.virdx.dev/`.

:::

You're now set up to start accessing data!
Make sure to read the [data reading guide](/documentation/vxdata-api/guides/reading) next.

Source: https://docs.virdx.dev/documentation/vxdata-api/guides/getting-started/index.mdx