---
title: "Create an AI Gateway Consumer Credential"
method: POST
path: "/v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumers/{consumerId}/credentials"
tags: ["AI Gateway Consumers"]
---

# Create an AI Gateway Consumer Credential

`POST /v1/ai-gateways/{gatewayId}/consumers/{consumerId}/credentials`

**Pre-release Endpoint**
This endpoint is currently in beta and is subject to change.

Creates a new credential for an AI Gateway consumer.

## Request body

- CreateAIGatewayConsumerCredentialRequest
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name for this credential instance.
  - `name` string, required — Identifier for an AI Gateway entity. In some cases, this may be the entity name or ID.
  - `labels` PublicLabels — Public labels store information about an entity that can be used for filtering a list of objects. Public labels are intended to store **PUBLIC** metadata. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `managed_by` ManagedBy — Stores information about what manages this entity, such as the tool or system responsible for its lifecycle (for example, `terraform`). Keys must be 1–63 characters long and start with an alphanumeric character.
  - `type` 'api-key', required
  - `ttl` integer — The API Key's time-to-live in seconds. A value of 0 means the API Key never expires.
  - `api_key` string — The API Key value. If not provided, then the key will be auto generated by the server and returned in the response.

## Response `201`

AI Gateway Consumer credential created successfully.

- AIGatewayConsumerCredentialWithKey
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name for this credential instance.
  - `name` string, required — Identifier for an AI Gateway entity. In some cases, this may be the entity name or ID.
  - `labels` PublicLabels — Public labels store information about an entity that can be used for filtering a list of objects. Public labels are intended to store **PUBLIC** metadata. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `managed_by` ManagedBy — Stores information about what manages this entity, such as the tool or system responsible for its lifecycle (for example, `terraform`). Keys must be 1–63 characters long and start with an alphanumeric character.
  - `type` 'api-key', required
  - `ttl` integer — The API Key's time-to-live in seconds. A value of 0 means the API Key never expires.
  - `api_key` string, required — The API Key value. If not provided, then the key will be auto generated by the server and returned in the response.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Contains a unique identifier used for this resource.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Conflict
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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