---
title: "Create ApiKey"
order: 1
---

*Create ApiKey* is available as both a `pgutil` command and an HTTP Request, and will create a system, personal, or feed API key in ProGet.

:::(Info) (🚀 Quick Example: Create a Personal API Key with pgutil)
```
pgutil apikeys create personal --source=https://proget.corp.local/ --username=jrdobbs --password=hunter42
```
:::

This API requires ProGet 2024.3 or later. 

## Command Specification (CLI)
The `apikeys create` command set is used to create an ApiKey in a ProGet instance. 

There are three commands available (`system`, `personal`, and `feed`), and each command has options that correspond to fields in the web UI, including `--description`, `--expiration`, `--logging`, `--name`, and `--key`. See [Creating API Keys in ProGet](/docs/buildmaster/reference/api/buildmaster-administration-security-api-keys) to learn more.

These commands also have optional `--source` and related authentication options (i.e. `--api-key` or `--username` / `--password`). See [Working with Sources in pgutil](/docs/proget/reference-api/proget-pgutil#working-with-sources) to learn more.

| Command | Additional Options |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `system` | `apis` | `full-control` or a comma-separated list with a combination  `feeds`, `sca`, and  `sbom-upload`; defaults to `full-control` }
| `feed`  | `feed`,  `group` | name of a feed or feed group in ProGet; exactly one must be specified |
| `personal` | `user` | defaults to the user specified in the  `--username` option or source

The key will be written to stdout on success.

**Example: Creating a System API key with restrictions**  can be done by limiting the APIs  (e.g. Feeds and SCA) and setting an expiration (`2024/08/01``).
```
pgutil apikeys create system --apis="feeds,sca" --expiration="2024/08/01"
```

**Example: Creating a Feed API key** requires a feed name (`MyNpmFeed`):
```
pgutil apikeys create feed --feed=MyNpmFeed
```

**Example: Creating a Feed API key for a group** requires a feed group name (`MyFeedGroup`):
```
pgutil apikeys create feed --group=MyFeedGroup
```

**Example: Creating a Personal Key for another user** requires the user's name (`johnsmith`):
```
pgutil apikeys create personal --user=johnsmith
```

Note source options must also be specified unless you have the "Default" source configured, and that a feed may be instead specified in the source. See [Working with Sources](/docs/proget/reference-api/proget-pgutil#sources) to learn more.

## HTTP Request Specification
To create an API key, simply `POST` a `ApiKeyInfo` JSON object (see [ApiKeyInfo.cs](https://github.com/Inedo/pgutil/blob/thousand/Inedo.ProGet/ApiKeyInfo.cs)) as the request body to `/api/api-keys/create`. 

A successful response body will contain the text of the API key created.

## HTTP Response Specification
| Response | Details |
| --- | --- |
| **200 (Success)** | indicates the ApiKey was created; the body will contain the text of the ApiKey created
| **400 (Invalid Input)** | indicates invalid or missing properties on the input; the body will provide some details as text
|  **403 (Unauthorized API Key)** | indicates a [missing, unknown, or unauthorized API Key](/docs/proget/reference-api/proget-apikeys); the ApiKey will not be created
| **500 (Server Error)** | indicates an unexpected error; the body will contain the message and stack trace, and this will also be logged