---
title: "Create API key for subaccount"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/partner-subscriptions-api/api-key-management/create-api-key-for-subaccount.html
api_method: POST
api_endpoint: "/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/<accountId>"
api_url: "https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/{{accountId}}"
---

**POST** `https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/{{accountId}}`

Use this endpoint to create an API key for an existing subaccount.


> **Info**
>
> Only parent accounts can create API keys for their subaccounts. Subaccounts cannot create API keys for other subaccounts.


## Example requests and responses

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST \
  https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/67891 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-PARTNER-APIKEY: {{partner_api_key}}' \
  -d '{
    "name": "Subaccount Production Key"
}'
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/67891"

payload = "{\n  \"name\": \"Subaccount Production Key\"\n}"
headers = {
    'X-PARTNER-APIKEY': "{{partner_api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json"
    }

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

**Go**

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/67891"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Subaccount Production Key\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-PARTNER-APIKEY", "{{partner_api_key}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

**NodeJS**

```javascript
var request = require("request");

var options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/partner-subscription/api/v1/api-key/account/67891',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'X-PARTNER-APIKEY': '{{partner_api_key}}'
  },
  body: {
    name: 'Subaccount Production Key'
  },
  json: true
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});
```


## 201 Created

```json
{
  "id": 12346,
  "name": "Subaccount Production Key",
  "api_key": "xyz789def456ghi123jkl456mno789pqr012stu345vwx678yz",
  "status": "active",
  "account_id": 67891
}
```

## URL path and query parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Req/Opt</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>accountId</td>
<td>required</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>The unique identifier of the subaccount.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Request parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Req/Opt</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>name</td>
<td>required</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>A descriptive name for the API key (maximum 200 characters).</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Response parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>id</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Unique identifier of the API key.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Descriptive name of the API key.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>api_key</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Full API key value returned when the API key is created.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>status</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Operational status of the API key. <br>Allowed values: <code>active</code>, <code>inactive</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>account_id</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Identifier of the subaccount that owns the API key.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>