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[0:00]Hello, my name is Paul, and I'm a developer advocate for Cisco DevNet. Today, I'm going to show you how to set up your environment to use the sample code that accompanies the Cisco Secure Network Analytics API documentation. For this video, you'll need the following: Python 3 and pip installed, Git installed, and your favorite IDE, such as VS Code. Let's get started. First, we need to clone the GitHub repository where the sample code is located. You can find a link to the repository in the description below. Navigate to your desired directory in your terminal and clone the repository. Once the repository is cloned, navigate into the directory. Next, we'll install the Python dependencies. We recommend creating a virtual environment, but for this video, we'll install them globally. Now that we have the dependencies installed, we need to create a config.py file. This file will store your secure network analytics API credentials. You can find an example of the config file in the samples/python directory. Copy the config.py.example file and rename it to config.py. Open the config.py file in your favorite IDE. You'll need to enter your client ID, client secret, and secure network analytics host. The client ID and client secret can be obtained from your secure network analytics console. The host is the URL of your secure network analytics instance. Once you've entered your credentials, save the file. Now that we have our environment set up, let's test it out. Navigate to the samples/python directory in your terminal. Run the hello_world.py example. If everything is set up correctly, you should see a list of applications printed to your terminal. That's it. You've successfully set up your environment to use the sample code that accompanies the Cisco Secure Network Analytics API documentation. Check out our other videos for more secure network analytics content.