diff --git a/StashPluginHelper/StashPluginHelper.py b/StashPluginHelper/StashPluginHelper.py
index 109574f..c1b0600 100644
--- a/StashPluginHelper/StashPluginHelper.py
+++ b/StashPluginHelper/StashPluginHelper.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class StashPluginHelper(StashInterface):
     FRAGMENT_SERVER = None
     STASHPATHSCONFIG = None
     STASH_PATHS = []
+    API_KEY = None
     
     # printTo argument
     LOG_TO_FILE = 1
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class StashPluginHelper(StashInterface):
                     config = None,                  # From pluginName_config.py or pluginName_setting.py
                     fragmentServer = None,
                     stash_url = None,               # Stash URL (endpoint URL) Example: http://localhost:9999
+                    apiKey = None,                  # API Key only needed when username and password set while running script via command line
                     DebugTraceFieldName = "zzdebugTracing",
                     DryRunFieldName = "zzdryRun",
                     setStashLoggerAsPluginLogger = False):              
@@ -122,7 +124,6 @@ class StashPluginHelper(StashInterface):
             self.FRAGMENT_SERVER = {'Scheme': 'http', 'Host': '0.0.0.0', 'Port': '9999', 'SessionCookie': {'Name': 'session', 'Value': '', 'Path': '', 'Domain': '', 'Expires': '0001-01-01T00:00:00Z', 'RawExpires': '', 'MaxAge': 0, 'Secure': False, 'HttpOnly': False, 'SameSite': 0, 'Raw': '', 'Unparsed': None}, 'Dir': os.path.dirname(pathlib.Path(self.MAIN_SCRIPT_NAME).resolve().parent), 'PluginDir': pathlib.Path(self.MAIN_SCRIPT_NAME).resolve().parent}
         
         if debugTracing: self.DEBUG_TRACING = debugTracing        
-        apiKey = ""
         if config:
             self.pluginConfig = config        
             if 'apiKey' in self.pluginConfig and self.pluginConfig['apiKey'] != "":
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ class StashPluginHelper(StashInterface):
             if DryRunFieldName in self.pluginConfig:
                 self.DRY_RUN = self.pluginConfig[DryRunFieldName]
         
+        if apiKey and apiKey != "":
+            self.FRAGMENT_SERVER['ApiKey'] = apiKey
+        
         if len(sys.argv) > 1:
             RUNNING_IN_COMMAND_LINE_MODE = True
             if not debugTracing or not stash_url:
@@ -181,6 +185,8 @@ class StashPluginHelper(StashInterface):
                     self.DEBUG_TRACING = self.pluginSettings[DebugTraceFieldName]
                 if DryRunFieldName in self.pluginSettings:
                     self.DRY_RUN = self.pluginSettings[DryRunFieldName]
+            if 'apiKey' in self.STASH_CONFIGURATION:
+                self.API_KEY = self.STASH_CONFIGURATION['apiKey']
         if self.DEBUG_TRACING: self.LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
         
         logging.basicConfig(level=self.LOG_LEVEL, format=logFormat, datefmt=dateFmt, handlers=[RFH])