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POST
Create managed API key

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Opaque vlm_ token valid for 30 minutes. API-key management only; ledger and MCP routes reject it. The UI stores it in a separate host-only HttpOnly cookie.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string<uuid>

Reuse with identical settings for safe retries; replay returns api_key null.

Body

application/json
name
string
required
Required string length: 1 - 120
access
enum<string>
required
Available options:
read,
edit
includeAdmin
boolean
required
expiresAt
string<date-time> | null
required
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$

Response

Generate a personal API key using a verified management session with required name, access, includeAdmin and expiresAt settings. Null expiry means Never. Credential and account management remain browser/root-only. The complete key is returned once.

id
string<uuid>
required
Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
token_hint
string
required
name
string | null
required
access
enum<string> | null
required
Available options:
read,
edit
includeAdmin
boolean | null
required
created_at
string<date-time>
required
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$
expires_at
string<date-time> | null
required
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$
revoked_at
string<date-time> | null
required
Pattern: ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
active,
expired,
revoked
api_key
string | null
required
Pattern: ^vlk_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{43}$
oauth_client_id
string | null
oauth_client_name
string | null
oauth_scopes
string[] | null