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# Create API key for service user

POST https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/{service_user_id}/api-keys
Content-Type: application/json

Create a new API key for a service user.

The caller must have ManageAccountServiceUsers permission.

Reference: https://devin.ferndocs.com/api-reference/v-3/create-service-user-api-key

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal API Key (apk_user_*) or Service API Key (apk_*)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `service_user_id` (string, required) — Service user ID (prefix: service-user-)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateApiKeyRequest.

- `name` (string, required)
- `expires_at` (integer, optional, nullable) — Optional expiration as a UNIX timestamp in seconds. Must be in the future if provided.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `api_key_id` (string, required)
- `api_key_name` (string, required)
- `token` (string, required) — The raw API token. This is only shown once at creation/rotation time.

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "ServiceUserKey-2024-06"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "api_key_id": "apikey-9f8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c0d",
  "api_key_name": "ServiceUserKey-2024-06",
  "token": "sk_live_4f3a2b1c0d9f8b7c6d5e"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys"

payload = { "name": "ServiceUserKey-2024-06" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"ServiceUserKey-2024-06"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"ServiceUserKey-2024-06\"\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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/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\": \"ServiceUserKey-2024-06\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"ServiceUserKey-2024-06\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "ServiceUserKey-2024-06"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"ServiceUserKey-2024-06\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "ServiceUserKey-2024-06"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.devin.ai/v3beta1/enterprise/service-users/service-user-abc123def456/api-keys")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```