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title: "Meltwater connection guide"
slug: "meltwater-connection-guide"
description: "Connect your Meltwater data to Supermetrics with our guide on permissions, API tokens, and detailed connection instructions for seamless data integration."
updated: 2026-07-08T09:01:07Z
published: 2026-07-08T09:01:07Z
canonical: "docs.supermetrics.com/meltwater-connection-guide"
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# Meltwater connection guide

This guide contains all permissions and requirements for connecting your Meltwater data to Supermetrics.

You can connect to data sources from the [Data sources page on the Supermetrics Hub](https://hub.supermetrics.com/token-management). On the Hub, you can also [share an authentication link](https://docs.supermetrics.com/v1/docs/how-to-connect-to-data-sources-from-supermetrics-hub#share-authentication-link) to connect to a data source you don't have direct access to.

After you connect to the data source on the Hub, you can use the data source connection in [all available destinations](/docs/meltwater-connection-guide#connection-instructions).

## Required permissions

To use this connector, you need:

- Access to the Meltwater API as part of your Meltwater subscription
- A Meltwater API token

You can create and get your API token by following these steps:

1. In Meltwater, go to **Account** → **Meltwater API** in the left-hand navigation.
2. If you do not have an existing API token, click **Generate API token**. Meltwater states that you can only have one API token at any time.
3. After you have generated the API token, you can enter a name for it.
4. Remember to copy the API token and store it securely since it is not possible to access the token in the future.

[Learn more about Meltwater API credentials in Meltwater's documentation](https://developer.meltwater.com/guides/getting-started/api-credentials/).

## Query types

If prompted, you need to select a query type to pull data.

- **Export media**: Pull social listening data from your saved Searches in Meltwater.

## Connection instructions

When connecting to Meltwater, you need to provide your API token.

1. Select the Meltwater data source [on the Supermetrics Hub](https://hub.supermetrics.com/token-management) or in the data destination.
2. Insert your API token.
3. Give a name for your login.
4. If prompted, choose to make this connection [shared or private](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/about-shared-and-private-connections).
5. Click **Start**.
6. In your data destination, select the saved searches to use.

See detailed instructions on [how to connect to a data source from the Supermetrics Hub](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-connect-to-data-sources-from-supermetrics-hub).

You can also connect to Meltwater from these destinations:

- The Supermetrics API: [How to use the Query Manager](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-use-the-query-manager)
- Data warehouse and cloud storage (Hub): [How to create a transfer](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-create-a-transfer)
- BigQuery (marketplace): [How to create a BigQuery (marketplace) transfer](https://docs.supermetrics.com/v1/docs/how-to-create-a-bigquery-marketplace-transfer)

## More resources

- [How to reauthenticate a data source connection](/v1/docs/how-to-reauthenticate-a-data-source-connection)
- [How to manage data source connections on the Supermetrics Hub](https://docs.supermetrics.com/docs/how-to-manage-data-source-connections-on-supermetrics-hub)