---
title: "Validate API key (POST)"
method: POST
path: "/auth/validate"
tags: ["Auth"]
---

# Validate API key (POST)

`POST /auth/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://codequiry.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://codequiry.com/api/v1/auth/validate`
- Auth: API key in header `apikey`

Identical to the GET form.

## Response `200`

Key is valid

- KeyValidation
  - `valid` boolean
  - `user_id` integer
  - `email` string
  - `name` string

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key. The API key is checked before any endpoint logic runs, so this is returned for every operation.
- `402`: The account is suspended for an unpaid invoice. Every endpoint returns this until the invoice is paid from the billing dashboard; it is not retryable and the request was not performed.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded: more than 60 requests in one minute from this IP. Retry after the number of seconds in the Retry-After header. Successful responses carry X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining too, so you can pace a client without waiting to be refused.

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