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POST
/
v1
/
api-keys
Create a new API key
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Production Integration",
  "description": "API key for production payment processing"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys"

payload = {
"name": "Production Integration",
"description": "API key for production payment processing"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Production Integration',
description: 'API key for production payment processing'
})
};

fetch('https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Production Integration',
'description' => 'API key for production payment processing'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Production Integration\",\n \"description\": \"API key for production payment processing\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Production Integration\",\n \"description\": \"API key for production payment processing\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/v1/api-keys")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Production Integration\",\n \"description\": \"API key for production payment processing\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "audience": "https://api.zuba.com",
  "clientId": "abc123xyz456",
  "clientSecret": "secret_key_here",
  "createdAt": "<string>",
  "domain": "your-tenant.auth0.com",
  "name": "Production Integration",
  "description": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Enter Auth0 JWT token

Body

application/json
name
string
required

Name for the API key

Example:

"Production Integration"

description
string

Description of what this API key will be used for

Example:

"API key for production payment processing"

Response

API key created successfully

audience
string
required

API audience/identifier

Example:

"https://api.zuba.com"

clientId
string
required

Auth0 client ID (use this as the API key)

Example:

"abc123xyz456"

clientSecret
string
required

Client secret (only shown once during creation)

Example:

"secret_key_here"

createdAt
string
required

Creation timestamp

domain
string
required

Auth0 domain for token endpoint

Example:

"your-tenant.auth0.com"

name
string
required

Name of the API key

Example:

"Production Integration"

description
string

Description