---
title: "Create a new API-key associated with a Consumer"
method: POST
path: "/{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/key-auth"
tags: ["API-keys"]
---

# Create a new API-key associated with a Consumer

`POST /{workspace}/consumers/{ConsumerIdForNestedEntities}/key-auth`

Create a new API-key associated with a Consumer

## Path parameters

- `ConsumerIdForNestedEntities` string, required
- `workspace` string, required

## Request body

- KeyAuthWithoutParents
  - `consumer` object, nullable
    - `id` string
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `id` string, nullable — A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
  - `key` string, nullable
  - `tags` string[], nullable — A set of strings representing tags.
  - `ttl` integer, nullable — key-auth ttl in seconds

## Response `201`

Successfully created API-key

- KeyAuth
  - `consumer` object, nullable
    - `id` string
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `id` string, nullable — A string representing a UUID (universally unique identifier).
  - `key` string, nullable
  - `tags` string[], nullable — A set of strings representing tags.
  - `ttl` integer, nullable — key-auth ttl in seconds

## Changes

> 11 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2025-10-09** `740b73588ef4` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/kong-enterprise-admin-api/changes/:workspace/consumers/:ConsumerIdForNestedEntities/key-auth/post.md)

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