Connect Bookatu
Online booking platform for salons and beauty professionals.
API Key Needed2 minutes
What you need:A Bookatu API key (bk_live_*) and your business slug.
Prerequisites
- An active Bookatu business account.
Step-by-step instructions
- Log in to your Bookatu admin dashboard.Go to https://app.bookatu.com and sign in, then open your business admin at the URL shown in your dashboard.
- Navigate to Admin → API.In your business admin at /{slug}/admin/api, click the API tab.
- Generate your API key.Click Generate API Key. The key will start with bk_live_. Copy it immediately — it will only be displayed once.
- Note your business slug.Your business slug is the part of your booking URL after the domain — e.g. mysalon in mysalon.bookatu.com. This is visible in your admin dashboard URL as well.
Where to paste in EarliestAppointment: In Dashboard → Calendar Sync, select Bookatu. Paste your API key and enter your business slug.
Tips
- The public endpoints (/business, /services, /staff, /availability, /book) do not require a key — only the admin endpoints do. The API key is used to pull your appointment data.
- Bookatu also offers an MCP server for AI assistants — contact them if you want that enabled.