---
title: "Create a Secret Key"
method: POST
path: "/secret-keys"
tags: ["Secret Keys"]
---

# Create a Secret Key

`POST /secret-keys`

Create a new Secret Key

## Request body

- CreateSecretKeyRequestDTO
  - `note` string — A user-provided note to help identify this secret key
  - `permissions` string[], required — Permissions granted to this secret key, controlling which API operations it can perform

## Response `201`

OK

- SecretKeyWithKeyDTO
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required — The date and time when the entity was created.
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required — The date and time when the entity was last updated.
  - `metadata` object, nullable — Metadata used by merchants to store additional information about the entity.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier of the secret key
  - `active` boolean, required — Whether the secret key is active and can be used for API authentication
  - `maskedValue` string, required — Masked representation of the secret key, showing only the last four characters
  - `note` string, nullable, required — User-provided note for identifying this secret key
  - `permissions` string[], required — Permissions of the secret key
  - `value` string, required — The full secret key value. Only returned once upon creation and cannot be retrieved again

## Other responses

- `202` — The merchant is entitled but its environment is not provisioned yet. Provisioning has been kicked off (exactly once) and is in progress; retry the request — it succeeds once the environment is ready. Returned only for identity-token (dashboard) requests bound to a merchant, not for secret-key API calls; any such endpoint can return it while provisioning is underway.
- `400` — The request was rejected. `type` is `invalid_request_error` when the request itself is at fault — `errors` then lists every problem found, with field-attributable entries prefixed by the field’s path; `invalid_state_error` when the request was well-formed but the resource is not in a state that allows it; or `payment_error` when the payment was refused by the issuer or processor.
- `401` — No API key was supplied, or the key is not valid. `type` is `authentication_error`.
- `403` — The API key is valid but lacks the permission this operation requires. `type` is `permission_error`.
- `409` — `type` is `conflict_error`. The supplied `X-Idempotency-Key` was already used with a different request body (`code` is `idempotency_conflict`, and retrying will not help), or the resource is being modified by another in-flight request (`code` is `resource_locked`, and retrying with backoff will).
- `429` — Too many requests. The rate limit is applied per client across all operations. `type` is `rate_limit_error`.
- `500` — The request could not be completed because of an unexpected error. `type` is `api_error`.
- `504` — The request exceeded the processing time limit and was abandoned. `type` is `api_error` and `code` is `timeout` — unlike a plain 500 the request may still have taken effect, so retry with the same idempotency key rather than blindly.

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