---
title: API Keys
description: Manage API keys for elizaOS Cloud.
---

# API Keys

Create and manage API keys for authentication.

<Info>
  Listing and creating API keys require a Steward browser session. Updating,
  deleting, and regenerating existing keys can use a Steward session or an API
  key from the same organization; use a different key than the one you are
  changing.
</Info>

## List API Keys

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-get">GET</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys</span>
</div>

Get all your API keys.

### Response

```json
{
  "keys": [
    {
      "id": "key_abc123",
      "name": "Production Key",
      "prefix": "eliza_abc...",
      "permissions": ["chat", "embeddings"],
      "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "lastUsed": "2024-01-16T15:45:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

---

## Create API Key

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-post">POST</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys</span>
</div>

Create a new API key.

### Request

```json
{
  "name": "Production Key",
  "permissions": ["chat", "embeddings", "images"]
}
```

### Available Permissions

| Permission   | Description         |
| ------------ | ------------------- |
| `chat`       | Chat completions    |
| `embeddings` | Generate embeddings |
| `images`     | Image generation    |
| `video`      | Video generation    |
| `voice`      | Voice/TTS           |
| `knowledge`  | Knowledge base      |
| `agents`     | Agent management    |
| `apps`       | App management      |

### Response

```json
{
  "apiKey": {
    "id": "key_abc123",
    "name": "Production Key",
    "description": null,
    "key_prefix": "eliza_abc...",
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "permissions": ["chat", "embeddings", "images"],
    "rate_limit": 1000,
    "expires_at": null
  },
  "plainKey": "eliza_abc123xyz..."
}
```

<Warning>
  The `plainKey` field contains the full API key and is only returned once at
  creation time. Store it securely.
</Warning>

---

## Get API Key

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-get">GET</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys/{"{id}"}</span>
</div>

Get API key details (without the secret).

---

## Update API Key

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-put">PUT</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys/{"{id}"}</span>
</div>

Update API key name or permissions.

### Request

```json
{
  "name": "Updated Key Name",
  "permissions": ["chat", "embeddings"]
}
```

---

## Revoke API Key

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-delete">DELETE</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys/{"{id}"}</span>
</div>

Revoke (delete) an API key.

<Warning>Revoked keys stop working immediately.</Warning>

---

## Regenerate API Key

<div className="api-endpoint">
  <span className="method-badge method-badge-post">POST</span>
  <span className="path">/api/v1/api-keys/{"{id}"}/regenerate</span>
</div>

Generate a new secret for an existing key.

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "key_abc123",
  "key": "eliza_newkey789...",
  "regeneratedAt": "2024-01-16T10:30:00Z"
}
```

---

## Best Practices

1. **Use separate keys** for development and production
2. **Limit permissions** to only what's needed
3. **Rotate keys** regularly
4. **Never commit keys** to version control
5. **Use environment variables** to store keys