# Create an API key

> Creates a new API key for the authenticated user. - `project_id` is optional. When set, the key is scoped to that single project. When omitted or null, the key is **unscoped** and spans every project its owner can reach. - If `policy_ids` is provided, the key's effective permissions are the intersection of the user's policies and the key's policies. - Otherwise the key inherits the user's permissions (confined to the key's project when scoped). - When the request is authenticated with a **project-scoped credential**, the new key is confined to that same project: omitting `project_id` defaults to it, naming a different project returns `403 API_KEY_PROJECT_SCOPE`, and `project_id: null` (an unscoped key) is likewise refused. Minting an unscoped key requires an unscoped credential.

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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"post"}
  path={"/api/v1/api-keys"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>

Creates a new API key for the authenticated user. - `project_id` is optional. When set, the key is scoped to that single project. When omitted or null, the key is **unscoped** and spans every project its owner can reach. - If `policy_ids` is provided, the key's effective permissions are the intersection of the user's policies and the key's policies. - Otherwise the key inherits the user's permissions (confined to the key's project when scoped). - When the request is authenticated with a **project-scoped credential**, the new key is confined to that same project: omitting `project_id` defaults to it, naming a different project returns `403 API_KEY_PROJECT_SCOPE`, and `project_id: null` (an unscoped key) is likewise refused. Minting an unscoped key requires an unscoped credential.

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<RequestSchema
  {...require("./create-api-key.RequestSchema.json")}
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</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  {...require("./create-api-key.StatusCodes.json")}
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