Create API Key

The full key is only returned once at creation. Store it immediately in a secrets manager or environment variable — it cannot be retrieved again.

Authentication#

This endpoint requires a valid user session token. If you do not yet have an API key, obtain a session token by logging in first and pass it as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Step 1 — Log in to get a session token

curl -X POST https://your-lemu-instance/api/v1/auth/login \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "you@example.com", "password": "your-password"}'

The response contains a token field. Use it in the next step.

Step 2 — Create an API key

curl -X POST https://your-lemu-instance/api/v1/user/api-keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "my-api-key"}'

Once you have an API key, you can use X-API-Key: <key> in place of Authorization: Bearer for all subsequent requests.

POST/api/v1/user/api-keys

Request body#

Field	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	Yes	—

Example request body:

{
  "name": "Example Name"
}

Responses#

200 — Successful Response

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "Example Name",
  "key_prefix": "string",
  "api_key": "string",
  "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

404 — Not found

422 — Validation Error

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}