---
title: "Issue a Faro Verified credential (admin)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/credentials"
tags: ["Credentials"]
---

# Issue a Faro Verified credential (admin)

`POST /v1/credentials`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.farofinance.app`
- URL: `https://api.farofinance.app/v1/credentials`
- Auth: none declared

Sign an off-chain, non-transferable credential bound to `subject`. Requires an admin API key. Uses the same Ed25519 signer as receipts.

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Other responses

- `403`: Admin key required.
- `422`: Validation Error
- `503`: Credentials disabled.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/farofinance/apis/faro.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/farofinance/apis/faro/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/farofinance/apis/faro/revisions/205cdf54420b?raw)