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POST
/
org
/
api_keys
Create an API key
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.onkernel.com/org/api_keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "staging",
  "days_to_expire": 30,
  "project_id": "proj_abc123"
}
'
{
  "id": "ckv9w8q2f000001l5r3j7k9m4",
  "name": "production",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "user-abc123",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "name": "Jane Doe"
  },
  "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "project_id": "proj_abc123",
  "project_name": "Production",
  "masked_key": "sk_1234...abcd",
  "key": "sk_1234abcd"
}

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Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

API key name (1-255 characters)

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"staging"

​
days_to_expire
integer | null

Number of days until expiry, up to 3650. Use null for never.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 3650
Example:

30

​
project_id
string | null

Unique project identifier

Example:

"proj_abc123"

Response

API key created successfully

API key returned immediately after creation. Includes the plaintext key once.

​
id
string
required

Unique API key identifier

Example:

"ckv9w8q2f000001l5r3j7k9m4"

​
name
string
required

API key name

Example:

"production"

​
created_at
string<date-time>
required

When the API key was created

​
created_by
object
required
​
expires_at
string<date-time> | null
required

When the API key expires

​
project_id
string | null
required

Project identifier for project-scoped API keys. Null means org-wide.

Example:

"proj_abc123"

​
project_name
string | null
required

Project name for project-scoped API keys. Null means the key is org-wide or the project name is unavailable.

Example:

"Production"

​
masked_key
string
required

Masked version of the API key

Example:

"sk_1234...abcd"

​
key
string
required

Plaintext API key. Only returned once when the key is created.

Example:

"sk_1234abcd"