Obtain a DeepSeek Authentication Token
mainYou must provide a DeepSeek auth token to initialize the API. You can retrieve this from chat.deepseek.com using one of two methods:
Method 1: From LocalStorage (Recommended)
- Log in to chat.deepseek.com.
- Open browser developer tools (F12).
- Go to the Application tab.
- In the left sidebar, expand Local Storage and select
https://chat.deepseek.com. - Find the key
userTokenand copy itsvalue.
Alternatively, run this in the browser console:
JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("userToken")).valueMethod 2: From Network Tab
- Log in to chat.deepseek.com.
- Open developer tools (F12) and go to the Network tab.
- Perform any action in the chat.
- Inspect the request headers of the requests and copy the
authorizationtoken (remove theBearerprefix).