---
title: "Create API key"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/users/apikeys"
tags: ["users"]
---

# Create API key

`POST /api/v1/users/apikeys`

Create a new API key for a user

## Request body

- CreateAPIKeyRequest
  - `expires_in_days` integer
  - `name` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- APIKey
  - `created_at` string
  - `expires_at` string
  - `id` string
  - `key` string
  - `last_used_at` string
  - `name` string
  - `user_id` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request

## Changes

> 56 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-24** `0bd802afff21` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth` was added to the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/marmotdata/apis/marmot-api/changes/api/v1/users/apikeys/post.md)

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