> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.latitude.sh/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create API key > Create a new API Key that is tied to the current user account. The created API key is only listed ONCE upon creation. It can however be regenerated or deleted. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://spec.speakeasy.com/latitude/latitude/latitude-sh-api-with-code-samples post /auth/api_keys openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: Latitude.sh API version: '2023-06-01' description: >- The Latitude.sh API is a RESTful API to manage your Latitude.sh account. It allows you to perform the same actions as the Latitude.sh dashboard. servers: - url: https://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: - url: http://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: security: [] tags: - name: API keys - name: Billing - name: Elastic Ips - name: Events - name: Firewalls - name: IP Addresses - name: Kubernetes Clusters - name: Operating Systems - name: Plans - name: Private Networks - name: Projects - name: Regions - name: Roles - name: SSH Keys - name: Servers - name: Storage - name: Tags - name: Teams - name: Team members - name: Traffic - name: User data - name: User profile - name: VPN Sessions - name: Virtual machines paths: /auth/api_keys: post: tags: - API keys summary: Create API key description: > Create a new API Key that is tied to the current user account. The created API key is only listed ONCE upon creation. It can however be regenerated or deleted. operationId: post-api-key parameters: [] requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/create_api_key' examples: Created: summary: Created value: data: type: api_keys attributes: name: App Token application/vnd.api+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/create_api_key' examples: Created: summary: Created value: data: type: api_keys attributes: name: App Token required: true responses: '201': description: Created content: application/vnd.api+json: examples: Created: value: data: id: tok_ez2A3DVldnawP type: api_keys attributes: name: App Token token: 54ebfcfa2ad7f9fe0d4e081306554174d063 token_last_slice: 4d063 api_version: '2023-06-01' read_only: false allowed_ips: [] created_at: '2026-01-14T15:56:29+00:00' updated_at: '2026-01-14T15:56:29+00:00' last_used_at: null user: id: user_pVkpyK2aoVUlax6Zzx1pfrGe4wr email: nathanael@bartoletti-streich.test meta: {} schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/api_key' security: - Bearer: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: python label: Python (SDK) source: |- import latitudesh_python_sdk from latitudesh_python_sdk import Latitudesh import os with Latitudesh( bearer=os.getenv("LATITUDESH_BEARER", ""), ) as latitudesh: res = latitudesh.api_keys.create(data={ "type": latitudesh_python_sdk.CreateAPIKeyType.API_KEYS, "attributes": { "name": "App Token", }, }) # Handle response print(res) - lang: go label: Go (SDK) source: "package main\n\nimport(\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"os\"\n\tlatitudeshgosdk \"github.com/latitudesh/latitudesh-go-sdk\"\n\t\"github.com/latitudesh/latitudesh-go-sdk/models/components\"\n\t\"log\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n ctx := context.Background()\n\n s := latitudeshgosdk.New(\n latitudeshgosdk.WithSecurity(os.Getenv(\"LATITUDESH_BEARER\")),\n )\n\n res, err := s.APIKeys.Create(ctx, components.CreateAPIKey{\n Data: &components.Data{\n Type: components.CreateAPIKeyTypeAPIKeys,\n Attributes: &components.CreateAPIKeyAttributes{\n Name: latitudeshgosdk.Pointer(\"App Token\"),\n },\n },\n })\n if err != nil {\n log.Fatal(err)\n }\n if res.Object != nil {\n // handle response\n }\n}" - lang: typescript label: Typescript (SDK) source: |- import { Latitudesh } from "latitudesh-typescript-sdk"; const latitudesh = new Latitudesh({ bearer: process.env["LATITUDESH_BEARER"] ?? "", }); async function run() { const result = await latitudesh.apiKeys.create({ data: { type: "api_keys", attributes: { name: "App Token", }, }, }); console.log(result); } run(); components: schemas: create_api_key: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - api_keys attributes: type: object properties: name: type: string description: Name of the API Key default: Name of the API Key read_only: type: boolean description: >- Whether the API Key is read-only. Read-only keys can only perform GET requests. allowed_ips: type: array items: type: string description: >- List of allowed IP addresses or CIDR ranges (e.g., "192.168.1.100", "10.0.0.0/24") required: - name required: - type api_key: type: object properties: id: type: string format: (?-mix:^[a-zA-Z]+_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$) type: type: string enum: - api_keys attributes: type: object properties: name: type: string description: Name of the API Key api_version: type: string description: The API version associated with this API Key token: type: string description: The full token (only returned on create or rotate) token_last_slice: type: string description: The last 5 characters of the token created for this API Key read_only: type: boolean nullable: true description: Whether this API Key is read-only allowed_ips: type: array nullable: true items: type: string description: List of allowed IP addresses for this API Key last_used_at: type: string nullable: true format: date-time description: The last time a request was made to the API using this API Key user: type: object description: The owner of the API Key properties: id: type: string format: (?-mix:^[a-zA-Z]+_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$) email: type: string format: email created_at: type: string format: date-time description: The time when the API Key was created updated_at: type: string format: date-time description: The time when the API Key was updated securitySchemes: Bearer: type: apiKey name: Authorization in: header ````