---
title: "Create a sub-account API key"
method: POST
path: "/v1/sub_accounts/{sub_account_id}/api_keys"
tags: ["subAccounts"]
---

# Create a sub-account API key

`POST /v1/sub_accounts/{sub_account_id}/api_keys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.middesk.com`
- URL: `https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts/{sub_account_id}/api_keys`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/docs/v1/sub_accounts/:sub_account_id/api_keys/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a sandbox or production API key for a sub-account. Treat the returned key value as a secret. For rotation, create a replacement, cut traffic over, then revoke the old key.

## Path parameters

- `sub_account_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `environment` 'sandbox' | 'production', required

## Response `201`

sub-account API key created

- ApiKey: An API key belonging to a sub-account
  - `object` 'api_key', required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `value` string, required
  - `live_mode` boolean, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `api_version` '2020-01-01' | '2020-05-11', required

## Other responses

- `400`: invalid request
- `403`: sub-account provisioning not enabled
- `404`: sub-account not found

## Changes

- **2026-09-17** `4c9cd4e834ba`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `Authorization`
  - the endpoint scheme security `bearer_auth` was added to the API
- **2026-09-12** `668373c892ce`: 1 info
  - api operation id `createSubAccountApiKey` removed and replaced with `subAccounts_createSubAccountApiKey`
- **2026-09-03** `ac0d9be94846`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/changes/v1/sub_accounts/:sub_account_id/api_keys/post.md)

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