---
title: "Create a key (website login only; an API key cannot mint keys)"
method: POST
path: "/api_keys"
---

# Create a key (website login only; an API key cannot mint keys)

`POST /api_keys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cactuscompute.com/v1`
- URL: `https://cactuscompute.com/v1/api_keys`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `expires_at` string, date-time

## Response `201`

Key with its secret

- ApiKey
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `key_suffix` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `expires_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `revoked_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `secret` string: Only on creation, shown once

## Other responses

- `4XX`: The request was rejected; `code` says why and `url` (when present) is the console page that clears it

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