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CreateApiKey

Last updated: 2020-07-17 09:42:11

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: apigateway.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to create an API key pair.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

Note: This API supports Finance regions. If the common parameter Region is a Finance region, a domain name with the Finance region needs to be specified, for example: apigateway.ap-shanghai-fsi.tencentcloudapi.com

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name	Required	Type	Description
Action	Yes	String	Common parameter. The value used for this API: CreateApiKey.
Version	Yes	String	Common parameter. The value used for this API: 2018-08-08.
Region	Yes	String	Common parameter. For more information, please see the list of regions supported by the product.
SecretName	Yes	String	Custom key name.
AccessKeyType	No	String	Key type. Valid values: auto, manual (custom key). Default value: auto.
AccessKeyId	No	String	Custom key ID, which is required if `AccessKeyType` is `manual`. It can contain 5–50 letters, digits, and underscores.
AccessKeySecret	No	String	Custom key, which is required if `AccessKeyType` is `manual`. It can contain 10–50 letters, digits, and underscores.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Description
Result	ApiKey	New key details. Note: this field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained.
RequestId	String	The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 CreateApiKey

Input Example

https://apigateway.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=CreateApiKey
&SecretName=test
&<Common request parameters>

Output Example

{
  "Response": {
    "Result": {
      "AccessKeyId": "AKID8my5MRr9i6VM98F3dZG9zV0KuBq5ID7pMG83",
      "AccessKeySecret": "9i3BQU8lMUl2dAvrF8RvL5EM6RKEG47P770du61B",
      "AccessKeyType": "auto",
      "SecretName": "test",
      "Status": 1,
      "CreatedTime": "2020-02-26T06:10:01Z",
      "ModifiedTime": "2020-02-26T06:10:01Z"
    },
    "RequestId": "ad5218b4-edc3-4195-ba4d-a0ef176783ba"
  }
}

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