---
title: "CreateAPIKey"
method: POST
path: "/v1/namespaces/{tenant_meta.namespace}/api-keys"
tags: ["APIKeyService"]
---

# CreateAPIKey

`POST /v1/namespaces/{tenant_meta.namespace}/api-keys`

Creates an API key.

## Path parameters

- `tenant_meta.namespace` string, required

## Request body

- APIKeyServiceCreateAPIKeyBody — Manages the system API keys.
  - `meta` V1Meta, required — Common fields for all Endor Labs resources.
    - `annotations` object — Annotations can be used to attach metadata to a resource message. Annotation values can be small or large, structured or unstructured, and may include characters not permitted by labels. The keys may contain alphanumerics, underscores (_), dots (.) and dashes (-). The values of an annotation must be 16384 bytes or smaller.
    - `create_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was created. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `created_by` string — Name and authentication source of the user who created the object, for example, ewok@endor.ai@google@api-key.
    - `description` string — Resource description. Must be less than 1024 bytes.
    - `index_data` V1IndexData — IndexData is used to index the resource for search. It's an internal object.
      - `data` string[]
      - `search_score` number, float — search_score is the score of the resource for search. Internal use only.
      - `tenant` string
      - `will_be_deleted_at` string, date-time — Time that the resource will be deleted.
    - `kind` string — Resource kind, for example, HelloResponse. Auto-generated using the protobuf message proto.MessageName().Name().
    - `name` string, required — Resource name. Must be 63 characters or less.
    - `parent_kind` string — Parent object resource kind, for example, Project.
    - `parent_uuid` string — Parent object UUID.
    - `references` object — Map of objects referenced in a query API.
    - `tags` string[] — List of tags attached to the resource. Tags can be used to select objects and to find collections of objects that satisfy certain conditions. A tag must be 255 characters or less.
    - `update_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last updated. Note: Updated on all create/patch/delete operations. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `updated_by` string — Name and authentication source of the last user who updated the object, for example, vulnerabilityingestor@endor.ai@x509.
    - `upsert_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last upserted. Note: create_time is only set the first time the resource is created. upsert_time is set every time the resource is upseted. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `version` string — Message version.
  - `propagate` boolean — Indicates whether the API key can be used for the child namespaces.
  - `spec` V1APIKeySpec
    - `expiration_time` string, date-time, required — The expiration time of the API key.
    - `issuing_user` V1User — User represents a user in the system. Mostly includes configuration parameters that are user wise.
      - `meta` V1Meta, required — Common fields for all Endor Labs resources.
        - `annotations` object — Annotations can be used to attach metadata to a resource message. Annotation values can be small or large, structured or unstructured, and may include characters not permitted by labels. The keys may contain alphanumerics, underscores (_), dots (.) and dashes (-). The values of an annotation must be 16384 bytes or smaller.
        - `create_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was created. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `created_by` string — Name and authentication source of the user who created the object, for example, ewok@endor.ai@google@api-key.
        - `description` string — Resource description. Must be less than 1024 bytes.
        - `index_data` V1IndexData — IndexData is used to index the resource for search. It's an internal object.
          - `data` string[]
          - `search_score` number, float — search_score is the score of the resource for search. Internal use only.
          - `tenant` string
          - `will_be_deleted_at` string, date-time — Time that the resource will be deleted.
        - `kind` string — Resource kind, for example, HelloResponse. Auto-generated using the protobuf message proto.MessageName().Name().
        - `name` string, required — Resource name. Must be 63 characters or less.
        - `parent_kind` string — Parent object resource kind, for example, Project.
        - `parent_uuid` string — Parent object UUID.
        - `references` object — Map of objects referenced in a query API.
        - `tags` string[] — List of tags attached to the resource. Tags can be used to select objects and to find collections of objects that satisfy certain conditions. A tag must be 255 characters or less.
        - `update_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last updated. Note: Updated on all create/patch/delete operations. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `updated_by` string — Name and authentication source of the last user who updated the object, for example, vulnerabilityingestor@endor.ai@x509.
        - `upsert_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last upserted. Note: create_time is only set the first time the resource is created. upsert_time is set every time the resource is upseted. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `version` string — Message version.
      - `spec` V1UserSpec
        - `email` string — Email of the user. It can be changed.
        - `event_tracking` object — Lists of user events indexed by event type.
        - `first_name` string — First name of the user as identified. It can be changed.
        - `groups` string[] — Groups that the user is a member of, as identified by the claims returned by the identity provider.
        - `last_login_time` string, date-time — Last login time keeps a record of the last time that the user logged in.
        - `last_name` string — Last name of the user. It can be changed.
        - `token_hash` string — The hash of the last token issued to the user. During authentication we make sure that this hash matches the token provided.
        - `user_name` string
      - `uuid` string — The UUID of a user.
    - `key` string — The identifier of an API key.
    - `permissions` V1Permissions, required — Holds a map associating each resource kind with the set of methods that are allowed for this kind. For example:
      - `except_resources` string[] — List of resources that should not be accounted in any * resource rules.
      - `roles` V1SystemRole[]
      - `rules` object
    - `secret` string — The secret for the specified API key.
  - `tenant_meta` object — APIKeys are namespaced objects.
  - `uuid` string — The UUID of an API key resource.

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- V1APIKey — Manages the system API keys.
  - `meta` V1Meta, required — Common fields for all Endor Labs resources.
    - `annotations` object — Annotations can be used to attach metadata to a resource message. Annotation values can be small or large, structured or unstructured, and may include characters not permitted by labels. The keys may contain alphanumerics, underscores (_), dots (.) and dashes (-). The values of an annotation must be 16384 bytes or smaller.
    - `create_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was created. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `created_by` string — Name and authentication source of the user who created the object, for example, ewok@endor.ai@google@api-key.
    - `description` string — Resource description. Must be less than 1024 bytes.
    - `index_data` V1IndexData — IndexData is used to index the resource for search. It's an internal object.
      - `data` string[]
      - `search_score` number, float — search_score is the score of the resource for search. Internal use only.
      - `tenant` string
      - `will_be_deleted_at` string, date-time — Time that the resource will be deleted.
    - `kind` string — Resource kind, for example, HelloResponse. Auto-generated using the protobuf message proto.MessageName().Name().
    - `name` string, required — Resource name. Must be 63 characters or less.
    - `parent_kind` string — Parent object resource kind, for example, Project.
    - `parent_uuid` string — Parent object UUID.
    - `references` object — Map of objects referenced in a query API.
    - `tags` string[] — List of tags attached to the resource. Tags can be used to select objects and to find collections of objects that satisfy certain conditions. A tag must be 255 characters or less.
    - `update_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last updated. Note: Updated on all create/patch/delete operations. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `updated_by` string — Name and authentication source of the last user who updated the object, for example, vulnerabilityingestor@endor.ai@x509.
    - `upsert_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last upserted. Note: create_time is only set the first time the resource is created. upsert_time is set every time the resource is upseted. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
    - `version` string — Message version.
  - `propagate` boolean — Indicates whether the API key can be used for the child namespaces.
  - `spec` V1APIKeySpec
    - `expiration_time` string, date-time, required — The expiration time of the API key.
    - `issuing_user` V1User — User represents a user in the system. Mostly includes configuration parameters that are user wise.
      - `meta` V1Meta, required — Common fields for all Endor Labs resources.
        - `annotations` object — Annotations can be used to attach metadata to a resource message. Annotation values can be small or large, structured or unstructured, and may include characters not permitted by labels. The keys may contain alphanumerics, underscores (_), dots (.) and dashes (-). The values of an annotation must be 16384 bytes or smaller.
        - `create_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was created. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `created_by` string — Name and authentication source of the user who created the object, for example, ewok@endor.ai@google@api-key.
        - `description` string — Resource description. Must be less than 1024 bytes.
        - `index_data` V1IndexData — IndexData is used to index the resource for search. It's an internal object.
          - `data` string[]
          - `search_score` number, float — search_score is the score of the resource for search. Internal use only.
          - `tenant` string
          - `will_be_deleted_at` string, date-time — Time that the resource will be deleted.
        - `kind` string — Resource kind, for example, HelloResponse. Auto-generated using the protobuf message proto.MessageName().Name().
        - `name` string, required — Resource name. Must be 63 characters or less.
        - `parent_kind` string — Parent object resource kind, for example, Project.
        - `parent_uuid` string — Parent object UUID.
        - `references` object — Map of objects referenced in a query API.
        - `tags` string[] — List of tags attached to the resource. Tags can be used to select objects and to find collections of objects that satisfy certain conditions. A tag must be 255 characters or less.
        - `update_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last updated. Note: Updated on all create/patch/delete operations. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `updated_by` string — Name and authentication source of the last user who updated the object, for example, vulnerabilityingestor@endor.ai@x509.
        - `upsert_time` string, date-time — Time the resource was last upserted. Note: create_time is only set the first time the resource is created. upsert_time is set every time the resource is upseted. Format: 2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z RFC 3339: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
        - `version` string — Message version.
      - `spec` V1UserSpec
        - `email` string — Email of the user. It can be changed.
        - `event_tracking` object — Lists of user events indexed by event type.
        - `first_name` string — First name of the user as identified. It can be changed.
        - `groups` string[] — Groups that the user is a member of, as identified by the claims returned by the identity provider.
        - `last_login_time` string, date-time — Last login time keeps a record of the last time that the user logged in.
        - `last_name` string — Last name of the user. It can be changed.
        - `token_hash` string — The hash of the last token issued to the user. During authentication we make sure that this hash matches the token provided.
        - `user_name` string
      - `uuid` string — The UUID of a user.
    - `key` string — The identifier of an API key.
    - `permissions` V1Permissions, required — Holds a map associating each resource kind with the set of methods that are allowed for this kind. For example:
      - `except_resources` string[] — List of resources that should not be accounted in any * resource rules.
      - `roles` V1SystemRole[]
      - `rules` object
    - `secret` string — The secret for the specified API key.
  - `tenant_meta` V1TenantMeta — Tenant related data for the tenant containing the resource.
    - `namespace` string, required — Namespaces are a way to organize organizational units into virtual groupings of resources. Namespaces must be a fully qualified name, for example, the child namespace of namespace "endor.prod" called "app" is called "endor.prod.app".
  - `uuid` string — The UUID of an API key resource.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

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