(Legacy) Generate Credentials for an Application
This documentation is for the legacy Konnect environment at konnect.konghq.com. For the cloud.konghq.com environment, see the current Konnect documentation.
A credential, or API key, identifies and authenticates the developer application making a request. Use the API key either in the request URL as a query parameter, or in the request header.
You can permanently delete any credential at any time. See Delete a credential.
Generate a credential
A credential, or API key, generated in the Konnect Dev Portal is a 32-character string associated with an Application. An Application can have multiple credentials.
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In the Dev Portal, click My Apps from the dropdown menu under your login email.
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Click the Application for which you want to generate a credential.
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In the Authentication pane, click Generate Credential.
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Test the generated credential by making a call to the service the Application is registered with using your
key-auth
credential:{PROXY_URL_OR_PROXY_IP}/{ROUTE}?apikey={APIKEY}
Delete a credential
You can permanently delete a credential. Note that the credential cannot be restored.
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Navigate to an application’s details page.
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In the Authentication pane, click the cog icon of the credential you want to permanently delete and click Delete.