---
title: "Create a free-plan API key (no email; limited per network per day)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/keys"
---

# Create a free-plan API key (no email; limited per network per day)

`POST /v1/keys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://shotkiln.com`
- URL: `https://shotkiln.com/v1/keys`
- Auth: none required

## Response `201`

Key (shown once)

## Other responses

- `429`: Rate limit, daily limit or monthly quota exceeded (see Retry-After)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/shotkiln/apis/shotkiln-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/shotkiln/apis/shotkiln-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/shotkiln/apis/shotkiln-api/revisions/8123a05b6719?raw)