---
title: "Add License Plate to User"
method: POST
path: "/access/v1/credentials/license_plate"
tags: ["Access Credentials"]
---

# Add License Plate to User

`POST /access/v1/credentials/license_plate`

Add a license plate credential to a user given a specified user_id or external_id and org_id. License plate object will be passed in the body of the request as a json.
We require a string of 6 alphanumeric values. The License Plate Object is returned.

## Query parameters

- `external_id` string — A unique identifier managed externally provided by the customer.
- `user_id` string, uuid — The unique identifier of the user managed by Verkada.

## Request body

- PostLicensePlateBodyV1
  - `active` boolean — Bool value specifying if the license plate credential is currently active. Default value is False.
  - `license_plate_number` string, required — The unique license plate number identifying a license plate credential for a user.
  - `name` string — The name to be given to the license plate credential.

## Response `200`

OK

- LicensePlateObjectResponseV1
  - `active` boolean — Bool value specifying if the license plate credential is currently active. Default value is False.
  - `license_plate_number` string — The unique license plate number identifying a license plate credential for a user.
  - `name` string, required — The name to be given to the license plate credential.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/verkada/apis/api-tokens.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/verkada/apis/api-tokens/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/verkada/api-tokens/versions/4a79d2d949a6/schema)