Create a personal API key
curl --request POST \
--url https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Origin: <origin>' \
--cookie posted_session= \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"includeAdmin": true,
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
'import requests
url = "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"includeAdmin": True,
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
headers = {
"cookie": "posted_session=",
"Origin": "<origin>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
cookie: 'posted_session=',
Origin: '<origin>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', includeAdmin: true, expiresAt: '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'})
};
fetch('https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'includeAdmin' => true,
'expiresAt' => '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
]),
CURLOPT_COOKIE => "posted_session=",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Origin: <origin>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("cookie", "posted_session=")
req.Header.Add("Origin", "<origin>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials")
.header("cookie", "posted_session=")
.header("Origin", "<origin>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["cookie"] = 'posted_session='
request["Origin"] = '<origin>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"credential": {
"id": "66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666",
"name": "Studio assistant",
"accessLevel": "read",
"includeAdmin": false,
"tokenType": "api-key",
"tokenPrefix": "pst_example",
"createdAt": "2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z",
"expiresAt": null,
"revokedAt": null
},
"token": "example-private-key-returned-once"
}{
"error": {
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"requestId": "<string>"
}
}Create a personal API key
Requires recent authentication. Returns the new bearer secret once. Read access cannot mutate; includeAdmin requests administrative operations within the actor’s authority.
POST
/
api
/
credentials
Create a personal API key
curl --request POST \
--url https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Origin: <origin>' \
--cookie posted_session= \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"includeAdmin": true,
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
'import requests
url = "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"includeAdmin": True,
"expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
headers = {
"cookie": "posted_session=",
"Origin": "<origin>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
cookie: 'posted_session=',
Origin: '<origin>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', includeAdmin: true, expiresAt: '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'})
};
fetch('https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'includeAdmin' => true,
'expiresAt' => '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
]),
CURLOPT_COOKIE => "posted_session=",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Origin: <origin>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("cookie", "posted_session=")
req.Header.Add("Origin", "<origin>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials")
.header("cookie", "posted_session=")
.header("Origin", "<origin>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://posted-api.example.com/api/credentials")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["cookie"] = 'posted_session='
request["Origin"] = '<origin>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"includeAdmin\": true,\n \"expiresAt\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"credential": {
"id": "66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666",
"name": "Studio assistant",
"accessLevel": "read",
"includeAdmin": false,
"tokenType": "api-key",
"tokenPrefix": "pst_example",
"createdAt": "2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z",
"expiresAt": null,
"revokedAt": null
},
"token": "example-private-key-returned-once"
}{
"error": {
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"requestId": "<string>"
}
}A signed-in human session with recent authentication is required. Complete password/passkey reauthentication when requested.
Requires recent authentication. Returns the new bearer secret once. Read access cannot mutate; includeAdmin requests administrative operations within the actor’s authority.
Request conventions · API keys · MCP connections
Authorizations
Signed-in human browser session; mutation requests also need the exact UI Origin
Headers
The exact configured Posted UI origin. Required for browser mutations carrying session cookies.
Body
application/json
Required string length:
1 - 120Available options:
read, edit Pattern:
^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z))$Was this page helpful?
