---
title: "Create Credential"
method: POST
path: "/api/discovery-scan-config/v2/credentials"
tags: ["Credentials"]
---

# Create Credential

`POST /api/discovery-scan-config/v2/credentials`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hostname`
- URL: `https://hostname/api/discovery-scan-config/v2/credentials`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://{hostname}/api/access/v1/oauth/token` scopes: `DATA_DISCOVERY`

Use this API to create a new credential.

## Request body

- DataUseGovernanceDataDiscoveryCredentialRequestV2Dto
  - `name` string: Name of Credential
  - `description` string: Credential Description
  - `systemName` string: System Name
  - `referenceKey` string: Reference Key
  - `workerNodeName` string: Worker Node Name

## Response `201`

Credential Created successfully.

- DataUseGovernanceDataDiscoveryCredentialV2Dto
  - `id` string, uuid: Unique ID for Credential
  - `name` string: Name of Credential
  - `description` string: Credential Description
  - `systemName` 'Azure Cosmos' | 'Box' | 'Cassandra' | 'Azure Databricks' | 'IBM DB2' | 'Exchange' | 'GCP' | 'Google Workspace Gmail' | 'Google BigQuery' | 'Google BigTable' | 'MongoDB' | 'MySQL' | 'OneDrive' | 'Oracle RDBMS' | 'PostgreSQL' | 'Amazon S3' | 'SalesForce' | 'SAP HANA' | 'ServiceNow' | 'SharePoint' | 'SMB' | 'Snowflake' | 'Microsoft SQL' | 'Teradata' | 'Workday' | 'Zendesk' | 'Amazon RDS for SQL Server' | 'Azure SQL Server' | 'Redshift' | 'Google Drive' | 'Amazon DynamoDB' | 'Amazon Athena' | 'SharePoint 2019 OnPrem' | 'SFTP' | 'NFS' | 'GCS' | 'Redis' | 'Elastic Search' | 'Microsoft Teams' | 'Slack' | 'AlibabaCloudOSS' | 'Azure Files' | 'Iceberg' | 'Kafka': System Name
  - `referenceKey` string: Reference Key
  - `workerNodeName` string: Worker Node Name

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `429`: Too Many Requests. For more information, see [API Rate Limits](https://developer.onetrust.com/onetrust/reference/rate-limits-overview).
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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