# Baserow credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following node:

- [Baserow](/guides/automated-workflows/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/ts-wf-nodes-base.baserow)


## Prerequisites

Create a [Baserow](https://baserow.io/) account on any hosted Baserow instance or a self-hosted instance.

## Supported authentication methods

- Basic auth


## Related resources

Refer to [Baserow's auto-generated API documentation](https://baserow.io/api-docs) for more information about the API specifically.

## Using basic auth

To configure this credential, you'll need:

- The **Host**
  - For a Baserow-hosted instance: leave as `https://api.baserow.io`
  - For a self-hosted instance: set to your self-hosted instance API URL
- A **Username** for the user account
- A **Password** for the user account


Refer to [Baserow's API Authentication documentation](https://baserow.io/docs/apis/rest-api#authentication) for information on creating user accounts.