Create a new API key

POST/api-keysCreate a new API key

Request body

application/json

objectCreateApiKeyRequest

domain_idstring

Restrict an API key to send emails only from a specific domain. Only used when the permission is sending_access.

namestringrequired

The API key name.

permissionstring

The API key can have full access to Resend’s API or be only restricted to send emails. * full_access - Can create, delete, get, and update any resource. * sending_access - Can only send emails.

one of "full_access", "sending_access"

Example request

{
  "domain_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "permission": "full_access"
}

Responses

objectCreateApiKeyResponse

idstring

The ID of the API key.

tokenstring

The token of the API key.

Example response

{
  "id": "string",
  "token": "string"
}

Examples

curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/api-keys' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"domain_id":"string","name":"string","permission":"full_access"}'

const response = await fetch('https://api.resend.com/api-keys', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"domain_id":"string","name":"string","permission":"full_access"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

const response = await fetch('https://api.resend.com/api-keys', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: "{\"domain_id\":\"string\",\"name\":\"string\",\"permission\":\"full_access\"}" });
console.log(await response.json());

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://api.resend.com/api-keys",
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
    data='{"domain_id":"string","name":"string","permission":"full_access"}',
)
print(response.json())

package main

import (
	"context"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	body := strings.NewReader(`{"domain_id":"string","name":"string","permission":"full_access"}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", "https://api.resend.com/api-keys", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
}

<?php
$request = curl_init("https://api.resend.com/api-keys");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"domain_id\":\"string\",\"name\":\"string\",\"permission\":\"full_access\"}");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
$response = curl_exec($request);
curl_close($request);

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.resend.com/api-keys"))
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"domain_id\":\"string\",\"name\":\"string\",\"permission\":\"full_access\"}"))
    .build();
var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.resend.com/api-keys")
request = Net::HTTPGenericRequest.new("POST", true, true, uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"domain_id\":\"string\",\"name\":\"string\",\"permission\":\"full_access\"}"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://api.resend.com/api-keys");
request.Content = new StringContent("{\"domain_id\":\"string\",\"name\":\"string\",\"permission\":\"full_access\"}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

{
  "id": "string",
  "token": "string"
}

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