> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.truthlocks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create API Key

> Creates a new API key. The secret is returned once and cannot be retrieved again.

Creates a new API key for the authenticated organization. The secret is returned ONCE and cannot be retrieved again. Store it securely.

### Parameters

<ParamField body="name" type="string" required>
  Human-readable name for the key
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="scopes" type="array">
  Permission scopes (e.g., attestations:mint). Defaults to wildcard.
</ParamField>

### Responses


## OpenAPI

````yaml mint-openapi.yaml POST /v1/api-keys
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Truthlocks API
  description: >
    Truthlocks is a universal verification infrastructure for documents,
    credentials, and digital assets.

    This specification defines the canonical API for interacting with Truthlocks
    services.


    ## Base URLs

    - **Production**: `https://api.truthlocks.com`

    - **Sandbox**: `https://sandbox-api.truthlocks.com`


    ## Authentication

    - **API Keys**: Use `X-API-Key` header for machine-to-machine operations

    - **Bearer Tokens**: Use `Authorization: Bearer <jwt>` for user-initiated
    operations


    ## Tenant Identity

    In production, tenant identity is derived from the authenticated context
    (API key or JWT).

    The `X-Tenant-ID` header is ignored in production to prevent spoofing.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Truthlocks Support
    url: https://truthlocks.com/support
    email: support@truthlocks.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.truthlocks.com
    description: Production API
  - url: https://sandbox-api.truthlocks.com
    description: Sandbox Environment
security:
  - APIKey: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: API key and token management
  - name: Issuers
    description: Issuer registration and trust management
  - name: Keys
    description: Cryptographic key management for issuers
  - name: Attestations
    description: Attestation lifecycle (mint, revoke, supersede)
  - name: Verification
    description: Attestation verification and proof bundles
  - name: Governance
    description: Issuer governance workflows (admin only)
  - name: Identity
    description: Organization, user, and role management
  - name: Audit
    description: Audit event queries
  - name: Platform
    description: Platform administration (super admin only)
  - name: Platform Review
    description: Staff review workflows for issuer applications
  - name: Tenant Console
    description: Tenant profile and lifecycle endpoints
  - name: Health
    description: Service health and readiness endpoints
  - name: Risk
    description: Risk signal ingestion and fraud detection
  - name: Risk Enforcement
    description: Risk enforcement actions — block, challenge, quarantine, and configuration
  - name: Billing
    description: Billing, subscription, and addon management
  - name: Machine Identity
    description: >-
      Machine Agent Identity Protocol (MAIP) — agent registration, sessions,
      trust, witness, compliance, orchestration, and observability
externalDocs:
  description: Transparency read-only API (separate service spec)
  url: >-
    https://github.com/truthlocks/truthlock/blob/main/docs/transparency/openapi.yaml
paths:
  /v1/api-keys:
    post:
      tags:
        - Authentication
      summary: Create API Key
      description: >-
        Creates a new API key. The secret is returned once and cannot be
        retrieved again.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Human-readable name for the key
                scopes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Permission scopes (default is wildcard)
            example:
              name: Production API Key
              scopes:
                - attestations:mint
                - attestations:read
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  name:
                    type: string
                  secret:
                    type: string
                    description: Full API key (shown once)
              example:
                id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
                name: Production API Key
                secret: tl_live_abc123xyz789...
      security:
        - APIKey: []
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key for machine-to-machine authentication
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT for user-initiated operations

````