Managing platform REST API keys

Create API keys associated with your user account, and then use them to authenticate when you call the platform REST APIs provided by API Connect.

About this task

The API Connect platform REST APIs require authentication for use. To call an API interactively, you can log into the toolkit CLI with an option to generate the API key. To call an API programmatically, you can generate an API key and then exchange it for an API Connect access token. This requirement applies only to the APIs that are provided by API Connect. You do not need the API key for calling APIs that you imported or created. The API key is intended for use with the IBMid and might not work with other user registries.

Procedure

Create an API key:
1. Log in to API Connect.
2. On the address bar, add /apikeys to the end of the URL (after the organization name).
  For example:
```
https://manager.example.com/manager/myorg/apikeys
```
3. On the API Keys page, click Add.
4. In the "Create API Connect API Key" box, provide a title for the key (unique within your user account) and an optional description; then click Create.
Manage API Keys:
1. Log in to API Connect.
2. On the address bar, add /apikeys to the end of the URL.