# Licensing

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Click [Here ](https://docs.recognito.vision/license-option)to get details about RECOGNITO license option

[license-option](https://docs.recognito.vision/license-option "mention")
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## Get your HWID (Hardware ID)

To activate SDK, you have to first get your Hardware ID by using the [get\_device\_id ](https://docs.recognito.vision/id-document-recognition-sdk/integration-guide/linux/broken-reference)function.

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## Request License

After getting HWID, share it with us for license key.

[**Contact us**](https://docs.recognito.vision/contact-and-support)

## Activate SDK

[Activate ](https://docs.recognito.vision/id-document-recognition-sdk/integration-guide/api-reference#set_activation)the SDK with license key. Should be called before using of any other functions.

```python
set_activation(offline_key.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
```