Create an API key

POST/api/v1/api-keys

POST /api-keys

curl -X POST 'https://www.unitpost.com/api/v1/api-keys' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "name": "Production server",
    "capabilities": [
      "emails:send"
    ]
  }'

Response · 201

{
  "object": "api_key",
  "id": "id_123",
  "name": "Example",
  "prefix": "string",
  "scope": "full",
  "capabilities": [
    "string"
  ],
  "last_used_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "revoked_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "key": "string"
}

Create an API key scoped to the capabilities you choose. The response includes the plaintext key exactly once — store it securely now, because it can never be retrieved again (only revoked). This endpoint is session-gated: it requires a dashboard session and cannot be called with a Bearer API key.

Request body3 fields

Field	Type	Description
`name`required	string	—
`scope`	enumfull \| sending \| read_only	—
`capabilities`	enum[]	—

Response · 201 fields10 fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`required	string	—
`id`required	string	—
`name`required	string	—
`prefix`required	string	—
`scope`required	enumfull \| sending \| read_only	—
`capabilities`required	string[]	—
`last_used_at`required	object	—
`revoked_at`required	object	—
`created_at`required	string	—
`key`required	string	The plaintext secret. Shown exactly once — store it now; it can never be retrieved again.

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Create an API key

Create an API key

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